List of eponymous adjectives in English - Definition and Overview

An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from a the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms.

Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.

• Christian — Jesus Christ
• Dickensian — Charles Dickens
• Draconian — Draco
• Faustian — The character Faust, written about by Goethe and others
• Freudian — Sigmund Freud
• Gregorian — Pope Gregory I (as in Gregorian chant), Pope Gregory XIII (as in Gregorian calendar)
• Jeffersonian — Thomas Jefferson
• Jungian — Carl Jung
• Machiavellian — Niccolò Machiavelli (often used to represent views or behavior inconsistent with that of its eponym).
• Napoleonic — Napoléon Bonaparte
• Orwellian — George Orwell
• Rastafarian — Ras Tafari
• Socratic — Socrates
• Victorian — Queen Victoria
• Zoroastrian — Zoroaster (Zarathustra)

See also

• List of eponyms