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12th April 2016
Cognomen \ [kog-noh-muh n]
noun, plural cognomens, cognomina [kog-nom-uh-nuh]
1. a surname.
2. any name, especially a nickname.
3. the third and commonly the last name of a citizen of ancient Rome,
indicating
the person's house or family, as “Caesar” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
Quote
The name she came with, a hoity-toity cognomen handed down through generations
of fawn-colored champions, seemed infernally unsuitable for her, like calling a
crocodile Daisy Truehart.
Richard Starnes, "Epitaph for a Pig," Field & Stream November 1973
Origin
Cognomen derives from the Latin nōmen meaning "name." It entered English in the early 1800’s.
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