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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agnomination

Agnomination \Ag*nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. agnominatio. See Agnomen.]

  1. A surname. [R.]
    --Minsheu.

  2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.

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agnomination

n. 1 (context rhetoric English) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another 2 (context rhetoric English) An alliteration. 3 (context rhetoric English) polyptoton. 4 (context rhetoric English) Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.