单词 | cryptonym |
释义 | cryptonymn. A pseudonym or code name; esp. one given to a spy or to a clandestine operation. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1862 |
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