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annomination

annomination noun: paronomasia; punning.

Noun

annomination (plural annominations)

  1. (obsolete) paronomasia; punning
  2. (obsolete) alliteration
    • Giraldus Cambrensis speaks of Annomination , which he describes to be what we call Alliteration , as the favourite rhetorical figure of both the Welsh and English in his time1775–1778, Thomas Tyrwhitt, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer

Forms of annomination

pluralannominations

Origin of annomination

From Latin annominatio. See agnomination.

Questions about annomination

What does annomination mean?
Annomination means paronomasia; punning.
What part of speech is annomination?
Annomination is a noun.
What is the plural of annomination?
The plural of annomination is annominations.

Words near annomination in the dictionary

  1. annointed
  2. annointing
  3. annointment
  4. annointments
  5. annoints
  6. annomination
  7. annominations
  8. annomontacin
  9. annomuricin
  10. annomuricins
  11. annona

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