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Meaning of agnomination | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another
    rhetoric
  2. An alliteration.
    rhetoric
  3. polyptoton.
    rhetoric
  4. Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.
    rhetoric

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

agnonym agnopeptide agnoprotein agnosia agnosic agnosis

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