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Definition: ANTONOMASIA |
ANTONOMASIANoun1. The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. |
Date "ANTONOMASIA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Antonomasia \An`to*no*ma"si*a\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to name instead; to name, name.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nomenclature | Noun: nomenclature; naming; Verb: nuncupation, nomination, baptism; orismology; onomatopoeia; antonomasia. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ANTONOMASIA |
| English words defined with "ANTONOMASIA": Antonomastic, Antonomasy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ANTONOMASIA": Malambruno. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ANTONOMASIA": Autonomasy. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ANTONOMASIA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (antonomasia), Spanish (antonomasia). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
antonomasia | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ANTONOMASIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | antonomasia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | antonomasiaay antonomazã. (various references) antonomasia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ANTONOMASIA": antonomasias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ANTONOMASIA" (pronounced 'An`to*no*ma"si*a'): Abasia, Acinesia, AEsthesia, Akinesia, Amnesia, Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Aphrasia, Aplasia, Athrepsia, Atresia, Dysaesthesia, Dyscrasia, Ecclesia, Eclampsia, Frambaesia, fuchsia, Halesia, Hemianaesthesia, hyperplasia, macroglossia, magnesia, Marsipobranchia, Monesia, Neoplasia, Palingenesia, Paralgesia, Parnassia, Paronomasia, Parousia, Parrhesia, Parusia, Passiflora, Phlegmasia, Photopsia, Polydipsia, Pseudaesthesia, Quassia, Rafflesia, Russia, Sauropsida, Silesia, Syngenesia, Tephrosia, Xenelasia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-i-m-n-n-o-o-s-t" | |
-3 letters: amanitas, amotions, sonatina. | |
-4 letters: amanita, amnions, amotion, animato, anoints, anosmia, antiman, atamans, mananas, manitos, mansion, motions, nations, notions, onanism, onanist, stamina. | |
-5 letters: amnion, amnios, animas, anions, anoint, ataman, atmans, inmost, manana, manats, manias, manito, mannas, mantas, mantis, matins, monist, motion, nanism, nasion, nation, nitons, nomina, notion, onions, simoon, somata, sonant, sonata, tinman, tomans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-i-m-n-n-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: antonomasias. | |
+5 letters: transformational. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4E 54 4F 4E 4F 4D 41 53 49 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -. - --- -. --- -- .- ... .. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001110 01010100 01001111 01001110 01001111 01001101 01000001 01010011 01001001 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A N T O N O M A S I A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004E 0054 004F 004E 004F 004D 0041 0053 0049 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3548544948494735534335 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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