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单词 anagrammatism
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anagrammatismn.

Brit. /ˌanəˈɡramətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌænəˈɡræməˌtɪzəm/
Forms: 1600s anagrammatisme, 1700s– anagrammatism, 1800s– anagramatism.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French anagrammatisme; Greek ἀναγραμματισμός.
Etymology: < (i) French anagrammatisme rearrangement of the letters of a word or phrase to form a new word or phrase, activity or practice of composing anagrams (both 1549 in Middle French), or its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek ἀναγραμματισμός transposition of the letters of one word to form another < ἀναγραμματίζειν anagrammatize v. + -ισμός -ism suffix.Compare post-classical Latin anagrammatismus (1560 or earlier).
Rearrangement of the letters of a word, phrase, or name to form a new word, phrase, or name; the activity or practice of composing anagrams.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > alteration of letters in a word > [noun] > creation of
anagrammatism1605
anagramming1623
anagrapsis1669
anagrammatizing1738
anagrammatization1876
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 151 Names consisting of Alphabetary revolution, which they will have to be Anagrammatisme.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. iii. 26 By the artifice of anagrammatisme, Syna is made Nysa.
1710 Q. T. Anagram of Daniel de Fo 5 The true and genuine Method of Anagrammatism.
1862 H. B. Wheatley Anagrams 74 The practice of anagrammatism was by no means uncommon among the Greeks.
1936 Isis 26 136 The history of anagrammatism is a part of the history of superstition.
1994 Mnemosyne 47 234 Anagrammatism played its part in the corruption of mycale- to amycle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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