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onymous

British

/ ˈɒnɪməs /

adjective

(of a book) bearing its author's name

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Etymology

Origin of onymous

C18: back formation from _anonymous

Example Sentences

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Since I wrote the above, I have received onymous letters, as ominous as the rest.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

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