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AGNOMEN

Definitions: AGNOMEN

AGNOMEN

Noun

1. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.

2. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "AGNOMEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Synonyms within Context: AGNOMEN

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Nomenclature

Style, proper name; praenomen, agnomen, cognomen; patronymic, surname; cognomination; eponym; compellation, description, antonym; empty title, empty name; handle to one's name; namesake.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: AGNOMEN

Etymologies containing "AGNOMEN": Agnomination. (references)
Non-English Usage: "AGNOMEN" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (agnomen), Latin (byname, nickname, sobriquet).

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Modern Translations: AGNOMEN

Language Translations for "AGNOMEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏كنية أو لقب, ‏كنية (cognomen, epithet, nickname, surname), ‏لقب (appellation, call, cognomen, denomination, designate, designation, dub, entitle, epithet, nickname, pet name, sobriquet, soubriquet, style, surname, title). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

附 名. (various references)

   

French

  

agnomen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προσωνυμία (name, surname, title). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ennym tooilley. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agnomenay

   

Romanian

  

poreclã (alias, by name, byword, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet, surname). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

прозвище (by-name, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet, surname). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

takma ad (alias, byname, cognomen, incognito, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, pseudonymity, sobriquet, soubriquet, surname), lakap (cognomen, epithet, moniker, nickname, patronymic, sobriquet, surname). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: AGNOMEN

Derivations

Words beginning with "AGNOMEN": agnomens. (additional references)


Misspellings

"AGNOMEN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aanonsen, agnomer, Angepena, Anghone, anome, ganome, gnomen. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "AGNOMEN"

Words rhyming with "AGNOMEN" (pronounced 'Ag*no"men'): Acumen, Albumen, Alumen, Bitumen, Cerumen, Cognomen, Coronamen, Culmen, Dictamen, Duramen, Energumen, Examen, Falsicrimen, flamen, foramen, Germen, Gravamen, Highmen, Legumen, lumen, Oleamen, Ostmen, Post-abdomen, Praenomen, Prenomen, Putamen, rumen, semen, Seralbumen, stamen, Tegmen, Vimen, Yamen. (additional references)

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Anagrams: AGNOMEN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nongame.

Words within the letters "a-e-g-m-n-n-o"

-1 letter: nonage.

-2 letters: agone, among, genoa, genom, gnome, mange, mango, nomen, omega.

-3 letters: aeon, agon, amen, anon, gaen, game, gane, gone, mage, mane, mano, mean, meno, moan, name, nema, neon, noma, nome, nona, none, ogam, omen.

-4 letters: age, ago, ane, ego, eng, eon, gae, gam, gan, gem, gen, goa, mae, mag, man, meg, men, moa, mog, mon, nae, nag, nam, nan, nog, nom, one.

-5 letters: ae, ag, am, an, em, en, go, ma, me, mo, na, ne, no, oe, om, on.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-m-n-n-o"
 

+1 letter: agnomens, magneton, mangonel, nonimage.

 

+2 letters: bemoaning, enamoring, magnetons, magnetron, mangonels, omnirange.

 

+3 letters: enamouring, gemination, magnetrons, mangosteen, meningioma, monogenean, omniranges.

 

+4 letters: centimorgan, coenamoring, congealment, congressman, emblazoning, geminations, gentlewoman, germination, mangosteens, manoeuvring, megaphoning, megatonnage, meningiomas, moneymaking, monogeneans, noisemaking, nonargument, nonmagnetic, ornamenting, overmanning, plasminogen, promenading.

 

+5 letters: augmentation, boomeranging, centimorgans, comanagement, commentating, compensating, congealments, denominating, emargination, encompassing, germinations, governmental, impregnation, longshoreman, magniloquent, manifestoing, megatonnages, meningiomata, moneymakings, noisemakings, nonalignment, nonarguments, nondemanding, overmanaging, pigmentation, plasminogens, renominating, segmentation, warmongering.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AGNOMEN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 47 4E 4F 4D 45 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    --.    -.    ---    --    .    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000111 01001110 01001111 01001101 01000101 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#71 &#78 &#79 &#77 &#69 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0047 004E 004F 004D 0045 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35414849473948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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