annomination
(əˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən)
[variant of agnomination; cf. mod.Fr. annomination.]
1. Paronomasia.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Annomination, the same with what is otherwise called paronomasia. 1858 Marsh Eng. Lang. xxv. 566 Annomination consists in opposing to each other..words of similar sound but different signification. |
† 2. Alliteration. Obs.
| 1775 Tyrwhitt Ess. Chaucer iii. §1 note, Giraldus Cambrensis speaks of Annomination, the which he describes to be what we call Alliteration. |