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Anagram   /ˈænəgrˌæm/   Listen
Anagram

verb
1.
Read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning.  Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagrammatize.



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"Anagram" Quotes from Famous Books



... was borrowed, he put the dummy in its place on the shelf, inscribing it with the name of the borrower. He also defended his shelves with locked brazen wires. "Tutus clausus ero" ("I shall be safe if shut up"), his anagram, was his motto, under a portcullis. Borrowers, of course, are nearly the worst enemies of books, always careless, and very apt to lose one volume out of a set. Housemaids are seldom bibliophiles. Their favourite plan ...
— The Private Library - What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know - About Our Books • Arthur L. Humphreys
... syl.). Under this name William Drummond signalized Henry, prince of Wales, eldest son of James I., in the monody entitled Tears on the Death of Moeliad[:e]s. The word is an anagram of Mil[^e]s a Deo. The prince, in his masquerades and martial sports, used to call himself "Moeliad[^e]s ...
— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 • E. Cobham Brewer


Words linked to "Anagram" :   antigram, anagrammatise, word, read


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