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agnominal

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ag⋅no⋅men

[ag-noh-muhn]
–noun, plural -nom⋅i⋅na [-nom-uh-nuh] .
1. an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.” Compare cognomen (def. 3).
2. a nickname.

Origin:
1745–55; < LL, equiv. to ad- ad- + nōmen name, with alter. to ag- through influence of agnōscere; see agnize


ag⋅nom⋅i⋅nal [ag-nom-uh-nl] , adjective
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