Eponyms: N – O
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| namby-pamby | Nickname of Ambrose Philips (1674-1749), English poet |
| Napoleonic | Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), French emperor |
| Napierian, Napier’s Bones | John Napier (1550-1647), Scottish mathematician |
| narcissism | Narcissus, beautiful youth of Greek mythology |
| nebuchadnezzar | Nebuchadnezzar, Old Testament king of Babylon |
| negus | Colonel Francis Negus (d.1732), English soldier |
| nemesis | Nemesis, Greek goddess of retribution |
| nestor | Nestor, king of Pylos in Greek legend |
| newton | Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British physicist and mathematician |
| nicotine | Jean Nicot (1530-1600), French diplomat |
| Nissen hut | Lieutenant Colonel Peter Norman Nissen (1871-1930), British mining engineer |
| Nobel prize, nobelium | Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-96), Swedish chemist, manufacturer and philanthropist |
| nosey parker | Matthew Parker (1504-75), Anglican churchman |
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| Ockham’s razor | William of Ockham (c.1285-1349), English philosopher and Franciscan |
| Oedipus complex | Oedipus, character in Greek mythology |
| oersted | H. C. Oersted (1777-1851), Danish physicist |
| ohm | Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854), German physicist |
| onanism | Onan, biblical character |
| Orangeman | William III (1650-1702), Protestant king of England |
| orrery | Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1676-1731) |
| Orwellian | George Orwell (real name, Eric Arthur Blair; 1903-50), English novelist |
| Oscar | Oscar Pierce, American wheat and fruit grower |
| Otto engine | Nikolaus August Otto (1832-91), German engineer |
| ottoman | Othman, original name of Osman I (1259-1326), sultan of Turkey |