| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties | | Division (II) Communication of Ideas | | Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas |
| 2. Conventional Means |
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| 564. Nomenclature. |
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| NOUN: | NOMENCLATURE; naming &c. v.; nuncupation [obs.], nomination [obs.], baptism; orismology; onomatopœia; antonomasia.
NAME; appellation, appellative; designation; title; head, heading; caption; denomination; by-name; nickname [See Misnomer]; epithet; what one may -well, - fairly, - properly, - fitly- call.
style, proper name; prænomen, agnomen, cognomen; patronymic, surname; cognomination; eponym; compellation, description, synonym, antonym; empty -title, - name; title, handle to one’s name; namesake.
TERM, expression, noun; byword; convertible terms [See Interpretation]; technical term; cant [See Neology].
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| VERB: | NAME, call, term, denominate, designate, style, entitle, clepe [archaic], dub [colloq. or humorous], christen, baptize, nickname, characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of; label (mark) [See Indication].
BE CALLED &c. v.; take -, bear -, go (or be known) by -, go (or pass) under -, rejoice in- the name of; hight [archaic], yclept or ycleped [archaic or humorous].
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| ADJECTIVE: | NAMED &c. v.; known as; nuncupatory [obs.], nuncupative [obs.]; cognominal, titular, nominal, orismological.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Beggar’d all description.—Antony and Cleopatra
- What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.—Romeo and Juliet
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