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Webster 1913 Edition


Agnomination

Ag-nomˊi-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
agnominatio
. See
Agnomen
.]
1.
A surname.
[R.]
Minsheu.
2.
Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.

Webster 1828 Edition


Agnomination

AGNOMINA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. agnomen, a surname, of ad and nomen. See Name.]
1.
An additional name, or title; a name added to another, as expressive of some act, achievement, &c.; a surname.
2.
Allusion of one word to another by sound.