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agnomination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ag-nom-i-na-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another

noun

An alliteration.

noun

polyptoton.

noun

Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.

Etymology

From Latin agnominatio.

Inflected Forms

agnominations (plural) agnominatio (alternative) adnominatio (alternative) adnomination (alternative)

Questions

What does agnomination mean?
A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another
Where does agnomination come from?
From Latin agnominatio.

How to pronounce agnomination

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