English Explanatory Dictionary

agnomination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another
  2. An alliteration.
  3. polyptoton.
  4. Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.

Word forms

agnomination agnominations agnominatio adnominatio adnomination

Etymology

From Latin agnominatio.

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