ODLT
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The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology
adnominatio
Definition -
Treating someone's
proper name
as if it were an
attribute
of the person.
Example -
Always the contrarian, Mr. Plant was quite an animal.
Etymology -
The word derives from the Latin
nominare
, to name.
synonym:
paronomasia
|
polyptoton
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