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【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
charactonym (KAR-ik-tuh-nim) noun
A name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality
or trait of the character.
[Charact(er) + -onym]
"The name `Bardhi' itself is seen as a charactonym playing on berja, barinn,
bardagi. Bardhi in effect emerges as a `tough'."
Andersson, Theodore M., Tulkun Heidarvigasogu (book reviews),
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Jul 1995.
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