31.01.2013 Views

ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

564. Nomenclature -- N. nomenclature; naming &c v.; nuncupation † , nomination,<br />

baptism; orismology † ; onomatopoeia; antonomasia † .<br />

name; appelation † , appelative † ; designation, title; heading, rubric; caption;<br />

denomination; by-name, epithet.<br />

style, proper name; praenomen [Lat.], agnomen † , cognomen; patronymic, surname;<br />

cognomination † ; eponym; compellation † , description, antonym; empty title, empty name;<br />

handle to one's name; namesake.<br />

term, expression, noun; byword; convertible terms &c 522; technical term; cant &c<br />

563.<br />

V. name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle, clepe † , dub, christen, baptize,<br />

characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of; label &c (mark) 550.<br />

be called &c v.; take the name of, bean the name of, go by the name of, be known by<br />

the name of, go under the name of, pass under the name of, rejoice in the name of.<br />

Adj. named &c v.; hight † , ycleped, known as; what one may well, call fairly, call<br />

properly, call fitly.<br />

nuncupatory † , nuncupative; cognominal † , titular, nominal, orismological † .<br />

Phr. beggar'd all description [Antony and Cleopatra].<br />

565. Misnomer -- N. misnomer; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.]; Mrs.<br />

Malaprop; what d'ye call 'em &c (neologism) 563 [Obs.]; Hoosier.<br />

nickname, sobriquet, by-name; assumed name, assumed title; alias; nom de course,<br />

nom de theatre, nom de guerre [Fr.], nom de plume; pseudonym, pseudonymy.<br />

V. misname, miscall, misterm † ; nickname; assume a name.<br />

Adj. misnamed &c v.; pseudonymous; soi-disant [Fr.]; self called, self styled, self<br />

christened; so-called.<br />

nameless, anonymous; without a having no name; innominate, unnamed;<br />

unacknowledged.<br />

Adv. in no sense.<br />

566. Phrase -- N. phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph; figure of speech<br />

&c 521; idiom, idiotism † ; turn of expression; style.<br />

paraphrase &c (synonym) 522; periphrase &c (circumlocution) 573; motto &c<br />

(proverb) 496 [Obs.].<br />

phraseology &c 569.<br />

V. express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice; arrange in<br />

words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to<br />

express; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub.<br />

Adj. expressed &c v.; idiomatic.<br />

Adv. in round terms, in set terms, in good set terms, set terms; in set phrases.<br />

567. Grammar -- N. grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech;<br />

jussive † ; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi<br />

[Lat.]; Lindley Murray &c (schoolbook) 542; correct style, philology &c (language) 560.<br />

V. parse, punctuate, syllabicate † .

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!