polyonymous

[ pol-ee-on-uh-muhs ]

adjective

1. having or known by several or many names.

polyonymous

/ ˌpɒlɪˈɒnɪməs /

adjective

1. having or known by several different names

Other Words From

• poly·ony·my noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of polyonymous¹

1670–80; < Greek polyṓnymos, equivalent to poly- poly- + -ōnymos -named, adj. derivative of ónyma, ónoma name; -ous

Example Sentences

Polyonymous, pol-i-on′i-mus, adj. having many names.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Leg spines of somewhat the same sort are found in the common English gurnard, and in this age of Aquariums and Fisheries Exhibitions, most adult persons above the age of twenty-one years must have observed the gurnards themselves crawling along suspiciously by their aid at the bottom of a tank at the Crystal Palace or the polyonymous South Kensington building.

From Project Gutenberg

Such, for instance, as Charlotte Smith and the Miss Lees are miles above such others as the just-mentioned polyonymous "Rosa," as Sarah Wilkinson, or as Henrietta Mosse-Rouvière.

From Project Gutenberg

Lamium purpureum is not so polyonymous.

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