| metagrammatism |
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The transposition of letters in a word or a phrase.
Notes: 1. To do this is to metagrammatize. |
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Example - The word golf is a metagrammatism of the word flog. |
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Etymology - The term, which is obsolete, derives from a Greek word meaning "to alter the letters." |
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Oxford English Dictionary - It first citation is from 1605: "Anagrammatisme, or Metagrammatisme." (Camden Rem., Anagr. 150) |
