A few days ago
marian t

what’s the adjective used for characters with names used as titles (eg macbeth anna karenina hamlet)?

I don’t think it’s used often but the word exists. 🙂 I’ll know it when I hear it. thanks!

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A few days ago
silkensilhouette

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I think flossiedots has the right of it

excerpt from Wiki

“An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item. An eponymous person is the person referred to by the eponym. In contemporary English, the term eponymous is often used to mean self-titled. The word eponym is often used for the thing titled. Stigler’s law of eponymy suggests that Eponyms are usually false, i.e., things are rarely named after the person who discovered or invented them. An aitiology is a “reverse eponym” in the sense that a legendary character is invented in order to explain a term.”

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A few days ago
Dragon’sFire
Lead characters, I don’t think that’s it!.
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A few days ago
arcomart
epithet
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A few days ago
flossiedots
eponymous
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