cognomens
- plural of cognomen.
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
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 Mee, Arthur
But I waive for my hero all these his cognomens, and substitute a much better one of my own: namely, the Chevalier.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman
Which they're that loose an' liable about churches an' cognomens!
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
We spent some time canvassing over the proposed cognomens, rejecting this one for one reason, that one for another reason.
From Fibble, D.D. by Sarg, Tony
