Agnomination
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Agnomination is a noun meaning (rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another.
Meaning
(rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another.
More Meanings
- (rhetoric) An alliteration.
- (rhetoric) polyptoton.
- (rhetoric) Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.
Word Forms
- agnominations
- agnominatio
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adnominatio, annomination, paronomasia, antonomasia, paronomasy, prosonomasia.
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