Meaning of cognominally | Babel Free

Definitions

By way of cognomen, in regard to the cognomen.

not-comparable

Examples

“She accompliſhed in 1706 a union of England and Scotland into one kingdom, ſtyled, cognominally with the the^([sic]) iland of which they are parts, the kingdom of Great-Britain;”

““Rich in worldly things,” I resumed, with a sigh, “but cognominally I am impoverished, degraded, sunk deeper than plummet ever sounded. Were it a fair name, I could submit; but this is a nickname, a byword, a reproach.[…]””

“Oh, Wilhelmina—Wilhelmina— / Sweet swearer “by the living jingo!”— / Thy Goldsmith ne’er had soiled so fine a / Mouth as thine own with vulgar lingo, / But for thine other name;—he knew / That “gods” must knuckle down to “fegs,” / When oaths out-flew from maids like you, / Cognominally known as—Skeggs.”

“The double ovals appear in other monuments, and thus cognominally identify the kings.”

“Be it notified unto you, that I am lineally descended from my hero: the masculine parent of King Arthur was cognominally furnished like myself—he also was a Pendragon.”

“He made many inquiries about the business of the town, and especially of the inhabitants cognominally.”

“Unlike other names in the Conte del Graal, Perceval’s name is unique in that it consists of a baptismal name followed by an adjective used cognominally (15).[…]In the versions where she is connected cognominally with Arthur’s kingdom, her identity functions ironically with respect to Gauvain, the model citizen of Logres.”

“The L S T known to Washington Pearl Harbor and its own anonymous flagship only as 1066—dubbed the Reluctant Green Dragon (no doubt cognominally redundant with more than a few of her fungible sisters) by the men who as chosen taxpayers considered themselves her proprietors,[…].”

“Now, in Tossim’s habitation there abode a female chattel servant cognominally known as Morgenthaunia.”

“Due to this bunkerlike quality, the Womb is cognominally referred to as the Pillbox, frequently annexed by recreational drug users;”

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