onomastic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to proper names.
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of or relating to onomastics.
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Law. (of a signature) written in the handwriting other than that of the document, instrument, etc., to which it is appended.
adjective
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of or relating to proper names
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law denoting a signature in a different handwriting from that of the document to which it is attached
Etymology
Origin of onomastic
1600–10; < Greek onomastikós, derivative of onomázein to name; -tic
Example Sentences
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The N.B.A. playoffs are equally devoid of onomastic pleasures, just cheap echoes of Magic and the Mailman, Tiny and Tree, Chief and Cornbread.
From New York Times • May 10, 2011
John Algeo, head of the English department at the University of Georgia, himself an onomastic authority, offers this theory: the Jimmy phenomenon is a bit of transplanted Southern tradition.
From Time Magazine Archive
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