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Definition of Matronymics
1. matronymic [n] - See also: matronymic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matronymics
Literary usage of Matronymics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1878)
"those of Perugia for instance, this sepulchre will be found to contain very few
other family-names introduced in the epitaphs as matronymics.7 Most of the ..."
2. English Words: An Elementary Study of Derivations by Charles Frederick Johnson (1891)
"Matilda, shortened to Till, was made Tillot, and Tillot and Tillotson are used
as surnames, for there are a few matronymics to be found in English. ..."
3. Ultima Thule: Or, A Summer in Iceland by Richard Francis Burton (1875)
"Until the middle of the last century, the surnames, as in olden Kent, were all
patronymics or matronymics; such was the ancient fashion of Europe, ..."
4. Etruscan Researches by Isaac Taylor (1874)
"... reflected from the matronymics, we have in one instance a Latin cognomen which
is apparently reflected or translated from the patronymic, and therefore ..."
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