agnomination
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin agnominatio.
Noun
[edit]agnomination (plural agnominations)
- (rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another
- (rhetoric) An alliteration.
- (rhetoric) polyptoton.
- (rhetoric) Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.