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on⋅o⋅mas⋅tic

  [on-uh-mas-tik]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to proper names.
2. of or pertaining to onomastics.
3. Law. (of a signature) written in the handwriting other than that of the document, instrument, etc., to which it is appended.
Origin:
1600–10; < Gk onomastikós, deriv. of onomázein to name; see -tic
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on·o·mas·tic   (ŏn'ə-mās'tĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or explaining a name or names.

  2. Of or relating to onomastics.


[French onomastique, from Greek onomastikos, from onomazein, to name, from onoma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

onomastic  (adj.)
1716, from Fr. onomastique, from Gk. onomastikos "of or belonging to naming," from onomastos "named," verbal adj. of onomazein "to name," from onoma "name" (see name). Onomastics "scientific study of names and naming" is attested from 1936.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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