anagrammatize

especially British, an·a·gram·ma·tise

[an-uh-gram-uh-tahyz]

verb (used with or without object)

anagrammatized, anagrammatizing 

1. to transpose into an anagram.

anagrammatize

/ ˌænəˈɡræməˌtaɪz /

verb

1. to arrange into an anagram

Other Word Forms

• anagrammatism noun
• anagrammatist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of anagrammatize¹

1585–95; < Greek anagrammatízein to transpose letters, equivalent to ana- ana- + grammat- (stem of grámma ) letter + -izein -ize

Example Sentences

Pouring ridicule upon the butt of the day, whose name of “Puritan” was by-and-by to be anagrammatized into “a turnip,” from the cropped roundness of his head, this drama became the play-goers’ favourite.

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