† metonomasyn.

Forms: 1600s metonomasie.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μετονομασία.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μετονομασία < ancient Greek μετονομάζειν to call by a new name ( < μετα- meta- prefix + ὀνομάζειν to name: see onomastic n. and adj.) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare French métonomasie (1690).

Obsolete. rare.

A change (or translation) of name.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [noun] > a change of name

metonomasy1609

renomination1885

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 32 Hee is by his Metamorphosis, or Metonomasie translated into Mathæus Tortus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	metonomasy
释义	† metonomasyn. Forms: 1600s metonomasie. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μετονομασία. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μετονομασία < ancient Greek μετονομάζειν to call by a new name ( < μετα- meta- prefix + ὀνομάζειν to name: see onomastic n. and adj.) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare French métonomasie (1690). Obsolete. rare. A change (or translation) of name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > a change of name metonomasy1609 renomination1885 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 32 Hee is by his Metamorphosis, or Metonomasie translated into Mathæus Tortus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1609
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