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Friday, April 20, 2012
April 20th '12 word
agnomen
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\
ag-NOH-muhn
\
,
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.”
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