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Definition of Metronymic
1. Noun. A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor.
Definition of Metronymic
1. a. Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation.
Definition of Metronymic
1. Adjective. (alternative form of matronymic) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of matronymic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Metronymic
1. Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. A metronymic appellation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metronymic
Literary usage of Metronymic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readings in Descriptive and Historical Sociology by Franklin Henry Giddings (1906)
"A metronymic group is one in which all relationships are traced through mothers
... Every metronymic social group is named from some class of natural ..."
2. Inductive Sociology: A Syllabus of Methods, Analyses and Classifications by Franklin Henry Giddings (1901)
"A metronymic group is one in which all relationships are traced through mothers;
... Every metronymic social group is named from some class of natural ..."
3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... Jup.son and Rogerson, &e. some taking the patronymic, some the metronymic,
and others appellations merely personal.—Ibid. vol. 3, pp. 410—1. ..."
4. The State and Government by James Quayle Dealey (1921)
"... its jurisdiction over all disputes that threaten to disturb the public
peace.10 THE FAMILY IN ITS RELATION TO THE STATE ll The metronymic Family. ..."
5. The Principles of Sociology: An Analysis of the Phenomena of Association and by Franklin Henry Giddings (1896)
"... has described communities in which the transition from the metronymic to the
patronymic system is now taking place under the influence of capture. ..."
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