单词 | nom de plume |
释义 | nom de plumen. An assumed name under which a person writes or publishes, frequently in order to conceal his or her true identity; a pen-name. Cf. nom de guerre n., nom de théâtre n. 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 1841 Knickerbocker Feb. 178 Who..is George Hill? Is his a nom de plume, or a veritable cognomen? 1850 E. Bennett Oliver Goldfinch xxvii. 133/1 A nephew of the said Oliver Goldfinch, but better known to our readers as a gifted poet, under the nom de plume of ‘Orion’—was united to the lovely Miss Edith Morton. 1897 New Eng. Mag. 23 186/2 ‘Mark Twain’ is the best known nom de plume in American literature. 1939 War Illustr. 16 Dec. p. ii/3 A glance at any missive signed with a nom-de-plume and into that w.p.b. [sc. waste-paper basket] it goes. 1955 William & Mary Q. 12 282 The impact of the single pamphlet of the author who signed himself Common Sense was so powerful that Paine used this nom de plume, almost like a modern trade-mark, for the rest of his life. 1991 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 1/3 One of her noms de plume, Victoria Holt, is listed in the top 20 and the other, Jean Plaidy, appears in the top 10. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841 |
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