AGNOMEN
-noun
1. A nickname.
2. An additional, fourth name given to a person by the
ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as
“Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”
Give a cat a name
An agnomen soon takes its place
It doesn’t care.
1 comment:
Oi, Kitty has found the warmest place in the house!
Agnomen, a good word to know.
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