cognominal

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English

Etymology

From Latin cognōmen +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɒɡˈnɒmɪnəl/, /kəɡˈnɒmɪnəl/

Adjective

cognominal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a cognomen.

Noun

cognominal (plural cognominals)

  1. (obsolete) One bearing the same name; a namesake.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cognominal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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