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cognomination|kɒgnɒmɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. L. cognōminātiōn-em, n. of action (cited only in sense 2) f. cognōmināre: see prec. and -ation.]
1. The action of cognominating or naming.
1623Cockeram, Cognomination, a naming. 1649Bulwer Pathomyot. Pref. 3 A generall Survey and Cognomination of the Muscles of the Body.
2. concr. = cognomen. [so L.]
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. viii. 246 Pompey had deserved the name of Great; Alexander of the same cognomination was Generalissimo of Greece. 1843Borrow Bible in Sp. xiv. (1872) 86 It is one of the private cognominations of ‘The Smiths’.
†3. Affinity of terms applied. Obs. rare—1.
a1679Hobbes Rhet. ii. xxiv. (1840) 478 Another place may be from cognomination, or affinity of words. |