ananymn.
/ˈanənɪm/, U.S. /ˈænəˌnɪm/ A word (esp. a name) derived from reversing the spelling of another word or name.
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the Holy Namec1440
Singh1623
specification1633
indigitamenta1657
explicative1669
ethnic1791
household name1804
class term1811
book name1815
biverb1831
class word1837
family name1840
class name1843
ananym1867
papponymic1875
autonym1879
throne name1880
demonymic1893
ethnonym1894
a name to conjure with1901
praise name1904
self-reference1948
exonym1957
specific1962
endonym1970
demonym1990
1867 ‘O. Hamst’ Martyr to Bibliogr. 47 Ananym, the real name written backwards, as John Dralloc (Collard).
1965 D. A. Borgmann Lang. on Vac. i. 46 Dictionaries are fond of citing two other ananyms: Elberp, a reversal of Preble, and Noremac, a reversal of Cameron.
2019 Malta Today (Nexis) 21 Mar. Names such as Dnegel or Tneder (ananyms of Legend and Redent, the Maltese for 'Redeemer') are extremely unique.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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