onomastic
- adjective
- /ˌɒnəˈmæstɪk/
- Specialized
:
onomástico
- Same for the Basque language: FYI, the oldest attested evidence about the Basque language, coming from Aquitania, are some onomastic from around the 2nd century A.D.
Examples
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They gleaned geographic, genealogical, and other onomastic details not provided by the Genesis text for their individual writing projects.
Academic text (2018) -
Just in the matter of names, the onomastic patterns show allusive depth, resonance, and ambiguity.
Academic text (1990) -
The complex onomastic texture of new-wave stories thus presents one of the primary difficulties for readers.
Academic text (1990) -
Exegetical, onomastic, urban, puritanical Puttermesser!
Fiction book (1997) -
It makes some use of overt techniques such as onomastic invention and intertextuality.
Academic text (1993) -
Exegetical, onomastic Puttermesser!
Fiction book (1997) -
This unquestionably planned onomastic equivalence therefore seems to constitute a deliberate mockery of the dogma of the Holy Trinity all by itself.
Academic text (1994) -
The stereotypic onomastic pattern, usually focused on common Anglo-Saxon, Irish, or Scottish names, gives the space-opera heroes a very WASPish dimension.
Academic text (1990) -
Theodore Krulik, in his reader's guide on Zelazny, quotes Zelazny himself who, during an interview, discussed his onomastic style while composing: "I never name them first...
Academic text (1990) -
The onomastic study revealed interesting patterns in how names have evolved over centuries.
Surface Forms
Morphology
onomastic = onomast + ic
The adjective is formed from a Greek combining form ('onomast-') that is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot transparently derive 'relating to the study of names' from the parts.
Etymology
Onomastic comes from the Greek root onoma, which means 'name'. So onomastic describes things that are about names, especially the history and use of place names and family names.
