Meanings
nounannomination (plural annominations)
plural annominations
- obsoleteparonomasia; punning
- obsoletealliteration
Giraldus Cambrensis speaks of Annomination , which he describes to be what we call Alliteration , as the favourite rhetorical figure of both the Welsh and English in his time
1775–1778, Thomas Tyrwhitt, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer
Origin
- Latinannominatio
- Englishannomination
From Latin annominatio. See agnomination.
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APA
annomination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annomination
MLA
“annomination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annomination. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “annomination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annomination.
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