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8 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
originFrom Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- metonym 14
- tommy 12
- etymon 11
- emmy 11
- moment 10
- montem 10
- meynt 10
- money 10
- monty 10
- motey 10
- mony 9
- toney 8