euonym

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  1. In terminal., a good, proper, or fitting name of anything; a term which conforms to the rules and answers the requirements of a system of naming, and is therefore available as a technical designation: opposed to caconym. [Rare.]

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  1. from Greek εὐώνυμος, having a good name, from εῡ), well, + ὀνομα, ο\νυμα, a name.
 

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