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Antonomasia
Antonomasia An`to*no*ma"si*a (?; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to name instead; ? + ? to name, ? name.] (Rhet.)
The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity,
or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as
when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of
Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use
of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise
man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.
AntonomasticAntonomastic An`to*no*mas"tic, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. --
An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv. AntonomasticallyAntonomastic An`to*no*mas"tic, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. --
An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv. Antonomasy
Antonomasy An*ton"o*ma*sy, n.
Antonomasia.
Autonomasy
Autonomasy Au`to*nom"a*sy, n. [Auto- + Gr. ? a name, fr. ? a
name; or for E. antonomasia.] (Rhet.)
The use of a word of common or general signification for the
name of a particular thing; as, ``He has gone to town,' for,
``He has gone to London.'
Demonomagy
Demonomagy De`mon*om"a*gy, n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + magei`a
magic.]
Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or
infernal magic. --Bp. Hurd.
Demonomania
Demonomania De*mon`o*ma"ni*a, n. [Demon + mania.]
A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself
possessed of devils.
IconomaniaIconomania I`co*no*ma"ni*a, n. [NL. See Icon, and Mania.]
A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of
devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios. Monomachia
Monomachia Mon`o*ma"chi*a, Monomachy Mo*nom"a*chy, n. [L.
monomachia, Gr. ?, fr. ? fighting in single combat; ? single,
alone + ? to fight.]
A duel; single combat. ``The duello or monomachia.' --Sir W.
Scott.
Monomachist
Monomachist Mo*nom"a*chist, n.
One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
Monomachy
Monomachia Mon`o*ma"chi*a, Monomachy Mo*nom"a*chy, n. [L.
monomachia, Gr. ?, fr. ? fighting in single combat; ? single,
alone + ? to fight.]
A duel; single combat. ``The duello or monomachia.' --Sir W.
Scott.
Monomane
Monomane Mon"o*mane, n.
A monomaniac. [R.]
MonomaniaMonomania Mon`o*ma"ni*a, n. [Mono- + mania.]
Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only;
also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular
subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.
Syn: Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement;
mania. See Insanity. Monomaniac
Monomaniac Mon`oma"ni*ac, n.
A person affected by monomania.
Monomaniac
Monomaniac Mon`oma"ni*ac, Monomaniacal Mon`oma"ni*a*cal, a.
[Cf. F. monomaniaque.]
Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect;
caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal
delusion.
Monomaniacal
Monomaniac Mon`oma"ni*ac, Monomaniacal Mon`oma"ni*a*cal, a.
[Cf. F. monomaniaque.]
Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect;
caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal
delusion.
OnomancyOnomancy On"o*man`cy, n. [Gr. ? name + -mancy. Cf. Nomancy.]
Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy. [R.] --Camden. Onomantic
Onomantic On`o*man"tic, Onomantical On`o*man"tic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to onomancy. [R.]
Onomantical
Onomantic On`o*man"tic, Onomantical On`o*man"tic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to onomancy. [R.]
OnomasticonOnomasticon On`o*mas"ti*con, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (sc.?), fr. ?.
See Onomastic.]
A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a
collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by
Julius Pollux about A.D.180. Onomatechny
Onomatechny On"o*ma*tech`ny, n. [Gr. ? + ? art.]
Prognostication by the letters of a name.
Onomatologist
Onomatologist On`o*ma*tol"o*gist, n.
One versed in the history of names. --Southey.
Onomatology
Onomatology On`o*ma*tol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ?, ? + -logy.]
The science of names or of their classification.
OnomatopeOnomatope O*nom"a*tope, n. [See Onomatop[oe]ia.]
An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word. Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ia, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ?, ?, a
name + ? to make.] (Philol.)
The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of
speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound
of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees;
the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
Note: It has been maintained by some philologist that all
primary words, especially names, were formed by
imitation of natural sounds.
Onomatopoeic
Onomatopoeic On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ic, a.
Onomatopoetic. --Whitney.
Onomatopoetic
Onomatopoetic On`o*mat`o*po*et"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to onomatop[oe]ia; characterized by
onomatop[oe]ia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or
word. --Earle.
Onomatopy
Onomatopy On`o*mat"o*py, n.
Onomatop[oe]ia.
Paronomasia
Paronomasia Par`o*no*ma"si*a, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to form
a word by a slight change; ? beside + ? to name, fr. ? a
name.] (Rhet.)
A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in
different senses, or words similar in sound are set in
opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to
the sentence; punning. --Dryden.
Paronomastic
Paronomastic Par`o*no*mas"tic, Paronomastical
Par`o*no*mas"tic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon
words.
Meaning of Onoma from wikipedia
- 2022,
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- High
German (OHG) namo,
Sanskrit नामन् (nāman),
Latin nomen, Gr**** ὄνομα (
onoma), and
Persian نام (nâm), from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *h₁nómn̥. Outside...
- have an
onoma and rhema. For Plato,
every logos was
either true or
false and in a logos,
names included rhema which denotes actions and
onoma a mark set...
- of sýn (σύν 'together, similar, alike') and -ōnym- (-ωνυμ-), a form of
onoma (ὄνομα 'name').
Synonyms are
often from the
different strata making up a...
- (páter hēmôn ho en toîs ouranoîs) 2. ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου (hagiasthḗtō tò
ónomá sou) 3. ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου (elthétō hē basileía sou) 4. γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά...
- the
International Council of
Onomastic Sciences. 51: 13–24. doi:10.34158/
ONOMA.51/2016/2. Sohn (2006), p. 87. Hannas, Wm C. (1997). Asia's Orthographic...
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American Placenames Archived September 11, 2017, at the
Wayback Machine.
Onoma 38: 39–56 Vogel,
Virgil J. (1965). "Wisconsin's Name: A
Linguistic Puzzle"...
- A
theonym (from Gr****
theos (Θεός), "god",
attached to
onoma (ὄνομα), "name") is the
proper name of a deity. Theonymy, the
study of
divine proper names...
- "sentences are, I conceive, a
combination of
verbs [rhêma] and
nouns [
ónoma]".
Aristotle added another class, "conjunction" [sýndesmos],
which included...
- anthroponomastics, from
Ancient Gr**** ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos / 'human', and ὄνομα
onoma / 'name') is the
study of anthroponyms, the
proper names of
human beings...
