mononymic

Definitions

Having but one name; named in one word; mononomial: applied in zoölogy to a system of nomenclature in which the name of each species is a single word: opposed to dionymal and polyonymic.

From mononym +‎ -ic.

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They face the mononymic Brazilian pair of Marcio and Fabio, who upset their one-named countrymen, Emanuel and Ricardo, in the other semifinals.

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The title of Prefab Sprout's first album in eight years embodies the kind of vaunting egotism one might expect from Bono, Sting or some other mononymic would-be saviour, and one's first instinct is to suppose

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The title of Prefab Sprout's first album in eight years embodies the kind of vaunting egotism one might expect from Bono, Sting or some other mononymic would-be saviour, and one's first instinct is to suppose it's ironically intended.

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“Come on, now,” she beckoned and led me to a remote corner of the burial ground, which had once been the sole province of Colonel Grierson’s men and the mysterious, mononymic Lucas.

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“Come on, now,” she beckoned and led me to a remote corner of the burial ground, which had once been the sole province of Colonel Grierson’s men and the mysterious, mononymic Lucas.

Confederacy of Silence Richard Rubin 2002
“Come on, now,” she beckoned and led me to a remote corner of the burial ground, which had once been the sole province of Colonel Grierson’s men and the mysterious, mononymic Lucas.

Confederacy of Silence Richard Rubin 2002