Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MET-A-GRAM'MA-TISM
MET-A-GRAM'MA-TISM, n. [Gr. μετα, beyond, and γραμμα, a letter.]
Anagrammatism, or Metagrammatism, is the transposition of the letters of a name into such a connection as to express some perfect sense applicable to the person named. Camden.
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