Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AG-NOM-IN-A'TION
AG-NOM-IN-A'TION, n. [L. agnomen, a surname, of ad and nomen. See Name.]
- An additional name, or title; a name added to another, as expressive of some act, achievement, &c.; a surname. – Camden. Encyc.
- Allusion of one word to another by sound.
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