| anagram |
| Definition - A reordering of the letters of a word or phrase that results in a new word or phrase being formed. |
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Example - The word dog is an anagram of the word god. |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Greek anagrammatizein, to transpose letters (from the Greek ana, up or back + gramma, letter). |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1589: "Of the Anagrame, or poesie transposed." (Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 115) |