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cognominal¹

  • /kɒɡˈnɒmɪnəl/
  • /kəɡˈnɒmɪnəl/

Where it comes from

From the stem of Latin cognōmen (“cognomen: additional name or nickname; (any) name”) + -al.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or relating to a cognomen. [T]he cognomen, indicator par excellence of the stable, geographically localized, diachronically perpetuated lineage, is an emblem of patrilineal prestige. The poem's invidious perception of the cognomen is reflected in the frequent repetition of the toponym associated with the Cid's foes: "Carrión.

noun cognominals

  1. A name (sometimes especially one's cognomen or family name). […] Mr. Diedrich Knickerbocker, a name not yet ranked with Hume, and Gibbon, and Robertson, very fortunately for those who have an antipathy to Dutch cognominals, but which, we venture to foretel, will be held in esteem,

cognominal²

  • /kɒɡˈnɒmɪnəl/
  • /kəɡˈnɒmɪnəl/

Where it comes from

From Latin cognōminis (“bearing the same name”) + -al.

adjective

  1. not comparable Bearing the same name. ... is the pole cognominal with the pole of the magnet; and inasmuch as the cognominal poles of magnets repel each other, so are we to conceive this one also as repelled by the pole of the magnet.

noun cognominals

  1. obsolete One bearing the same name. And therefore although it be not denied that ſome in the water doe carry a juſtifiable reſemblance to ſome at the Land, yet are the major part which beare their names unlike; nor doe they otherwiſe reſemble the creatures on earth, then they on earth the conſtellations which paſſe under animall names

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@misc{cognominal_2026,
  title = {cognominal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cognominal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}