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metronymic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun metronymic has 1 sense
- metronymic(n = noun.communication) matronymic - a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor; Array is a kind of name
CIDE DICTIONARY
metronymic, a. [Gr. ; mother + , for name.].
Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
metronymic, adj. & n.
--adj. (of a name) derived from the name of a mother or female ancestor.
--n. a metronymic name.
--adj. (of a name) derived from the name of a mother or female ancestor.
--n. a metronymic name.
Etymology
Gk meter metros mother, after patronymic
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