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单词 cryptonym
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cryptonymn.

Brit. /ˈkrɪptənɪm/, U.S. /ˈkrɪptəˌnɪm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, -onym comb. form.
Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + -onym comb. form, probably after either French cryptonyme (1769 as noun) or cryptonymous adj.
A pseudonym or code name; esp. one given to a spy or to a clandestine operation.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > assumed or fictitious name
alias1605
nom de guerre1652
onomastic1654
martial name1762
anonym1812
pseudonym1817
nom de plume1841
stage name1847
cryptonym1862
pen namea1864
allonym1867
code name1867
screen name1923
nom de vente1955
work name1963
1862 St. James's Mag. 4 490 For a short time he assumed several unobtrusive civilian cryptonyms.
1876 J. R. Lowell Dante in Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 16 Only a cryptonym by which heretics knew each other.
1942 Classical Philol. 37 234 The general theory is that Horace attacked many contemporaries by the use of cryptonyms.
1978 Daily Tel. 13 Apr. 18 Gen. M. Z. Slowikowski, who used the cryptonym ‘Rygot’, posed as a rich businessman and..was able to organise nine outposts in Oran, Algiers, [etc.].
1991 N. Mailer Harlot's Ghost i. xii. 238 It was my first cable out. My first use of my own cryptonym.
2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Apr. 42/2 The first decoded venona messages referred to enormoz, a cryptonym for the Manhattan Project.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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