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Webster 1913 Edition
Autonomasy
Auˊto-nom′a-sy
,Noun.
[
Auto-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a name, fr. [GREEK] a name; or for E. antonomasia
.] (Rhet.)
The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing;
as, “He has gone to
town
,” for, “He has gone to London
.”