This week's theme: eponyms. eonism (EE-uh-niz-uhm) noun
Adoption of female clothing and manners by a male. [After Chevalier d'Éon (1728-1810), a spy and soldier who lived the second half of his life as a woman.] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Major Fosdick has converted a not uncommon introversion into eonism." Robert K. Morris; The Novels of Anthony Powell; University of Pittsburgh Press; 1968. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qv9&ad=aw And you? Reach more than half-million readers in this space -- contact us at sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked for forgiveness. -Emo Philips, comedian (1956- ) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/eonism.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/eonism.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/eonism.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
