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Definitions: AGNOMEN |
AGNOMENNoun1. 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. |
Date "AGNOMEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
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). |
| 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 poreclã (alias, by name, byword, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet, surname). (various references) прозвище (by-name, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet, surname). (various references) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AGNOMEN": agnomens. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 47 4E 4F 4D 45 4E |
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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 01000111 01001110 01001111 01001101 01000101 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A G N O M E N |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35414849473948 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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