aptronym
/ˈæptɹoʊˌnɪm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Speck also turns out to be a shopkeeper whose small-town mentality finds a reflection in his aptronym: "Speck" in German meaning bacon, he is the local butcher concerned with selling his merchandise regardless of its real quality."
- "This contradiction is condensed within the aptronym Casey Falls: her first name recalls Jim Casy, the preacher who is sacrificed helping migrant workers in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, while her surname evokes Eve and the Fall."
- "The latter after marrying Sir Ulick's steward becomes Mrs. M'Crule, an aptronym expressing her excessive bigotry in preventing the Catholic boy, Tommy Dunshaughlin, from attending a charity school."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæptɹoʊˌnɪm/
- British English: /ˈæptɹəʊˌnɪm/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
nomen est omen
Frequently Paired Words
apronym
nomen est omen