cognomen
noun
a surname.
cognomens
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pluralof cognomen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Without these air-inflated cognomens, Jim and Marion Jordan might now be back in Peoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
The various lodging-house quarters vie with each other in genteel cognomens and aristocratic flavor.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
Erasmus doubted whether Duns Scotus and the Venerable Bede had been complimented in being made name-fathers to a couple of owls; but he said Argus and Juno were good cognomens for peacocks.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
Ridiculous nicknames become attached—no one knows how—to the most dignified characters, and altogether usurp the places of the genuine cognomens.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
There were frequent cases of coincidence in the most absurd cognomens.
From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
