onomastic

[ on-uh-mas-tik ]

/ ˌɒn əˈmæs tɪk /

adjective

of or relating to proper names.

of or relating to onomastics.

Law. (of a signature) written in the handwriting other than that of the document, instrument, etc., to which it is appended.

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Origin of onomastic

1600–10; < Greek onomastikós, derivative of onomázein to name; see -tic

Words nearby onomastic

only game in town, the, only too, only-begotten, onnagata, onomasiology, onomastic, onomasticon, onomastics, onomatology, onomatomania, onomatophobia

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British Dictionary definitions for onomastic

onomastic

/ (ˌɒnəˈmæstɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to proper names

law denoting a signature in a different handwriting from that of the document to which it is attached

Word Origin for onomastic

C17: from Greek onomastikos, from onomazein to name, from onoma name

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