agnomination

English

Alternative forms

agnominatio, adnominatio, adnomination

Etymology

From Latin agnominatio.

Noun

agnomination (plural agnominations)

(rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another
(rhetoric) An alliteration.
(rhetoric) polyptoton.
(rhetoric) Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.

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