Meanings
- uncountableThe creation or use of self-descriptive names.
Daniels's coinage 'abjad' won't glister in the annals of euonymy, but I must use it here for clarity's sake.
1998, Semiotica - Volume 122, page 1212 more examples
He adopts for his names Greek words that either confirm the character (euonymy) or undercut him or her ironically (dysonymy), and sometimes lead to, or depend on, wordplay in the text.
1999, Plautus, Terence, & Deena Berg, Five Comedies: Miles Gloriosus, Menaechmi, Bacchides, Hecyra and Adelphoe, →ISBNSurrounded by names like those, it was little wonder that he'd found himself suited to a career in euonymy. If only there had turned out to be more naming and less strenuous diplomacy involved in the job, it would have been perfect.
2007, John Klima, Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories, →ISBN, page 370
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