Annominate

/əˈnɑm.ə.neɪt/ verb

Definition

To name or designate by a name; to call or address by name, especially in a punning or wordplay manner.

Etymology

From Latin 'annominare' (to name, ad- to + nominare to name). Related to the rhetorical device of annominatio (wordplay based on similar-sounding names).

Kelly Says

Lawyers and doctors still 'annominate' when they formally assign names to things—it's a technical term for what sounds like just calling something by its proper name!

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