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agnomination (ægˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən) [ad. L. agnōminātiōn-em (also adn- and in med.L. ann-), n. of action, f. agnōminā-re: see agnominate. Also written adnomination and annomination.] 1. The giving of an agnomen or surname; the name so given. rare—0.1692 Coles, Agnomination, a sir-name. [Not in Johnson 175...
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adnomination
† adnomination obs. f. agnomination, a word-play, paronomasia.1628 Wither Brit. Rememb. vi. 280 Compos'd of Clinchings, and Adnominations.
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Diszel
The name is some kind of agnomination since TIED is not just the abbreviation of the official name but has the meaning 'yours'.
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annomination
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 dif...
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Cordell Annesley
She thought her father deserved a different name, "a better agnomination" after his long service to Queen Elizabeth.
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isocolon
‖ isocolon Gr. Rhet. and Pros. (aɪsəʊˈkəʊlən) [f. Gr. ἰσόκωλ-ος, -ον of equal members or clauses, f. ἰσο-, iso- + κῶλον limb, member, colon. Also in mod.F. (Littré).] a. The use of equal ‘cola’ or members of a period in immediate succession. b. An isocolic period.1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Trop...
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paronomasy
† paroˈnomasy Obs. Also 7 erron. paran-. [a. F. paronomasie (1557 in Hatz.-Darm.).] = paronomasia.1601 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i, A kind of paranomasie, or agnomination. a 1677 Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 I. 142 Some elegant figures and tropes of rhetorick..paronomasies, oxymorons and the like, frequent...
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polyptoton
‖ polyptoton Rhet. (pɒlɪpˈtəʊtɒn) [L., a. Gr. πολύπτωτον adj. neut.: see prec.] A rhetorical figure consisting in the repetition of a word in different cases or inflexions in the same sentence.1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 86 Polyptoton or Traductio, when one word is often repeated by variet...
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