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Webster 1913 Edition


Annomination

An-nomˊi-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
annominatio
. See
Agnomination
.]
1.
Paronomasia; punning.
2.
Alliteration.
[Obs.]
Tyrwhitt.

Webster 1828 Edition


Annomination

ANNOMINA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. ad and nominatio, from nomino, to name, from nomen.]
1.
A pun; the use of words nearly alike in sound, but of different meanings; a paronomasy.
2.
Alliteration, or the use of two or more words successively beginning with the same letter.

Definition 2024


annomination

annomination

English

Noun

annomination (plural annominations)

  1. (obsolete) paronomasia; punning
  2. (obsolete) alliteration
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