单词 | annomination |
释义 | annominationn. 1. Rhetoric. The conjunction of words which sound similar; wordplay based on similar-sounding words; an instance of this; = agnomination n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > play on words annomination1555 agnomination1574 paronomasia1577 paronomasy1592 prosonomasia1592 paronymy1627 adnomination1628 1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. xxxi Annominacion is a certain declining into a contrarye, by a likelihoode of letters, added, chaunged, or taken awaye. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Annomination, the same with what is otherwise called paronomasia. 1901 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 5 768 Euphony is increased by harmony of units in the sentence (alliteration, assonance, annomination), and by the addition of rhythm. 1985 Rhetorica 3 191 Exclamations, annominations and gradations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > alliteration paromoion1577 agnomination1585 alliteration1624 annomination1729 1729 J. Lewis & H. Thomas Hist. Great-Brit. Introd. 49 Giraldus..proceeds further to their Musick, Annomination or Symphony, in Versifying and other Qualities. 1775 T. Tyrwhitt Ess. Lang. Chaucer in Canterbury Tales of Chaucer IV. 49 Giraldus Cambrensis speaks of Annomination, which he describes to be what we call Alliteration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1555 |
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