Definitions
Etymologies
- Coined in English from French nom ("name") + de ("of") + plume ("feather"), by analogy with the borrowed nom de guerre. (Wiktionary)
- French : nom, name + de, of + plume, pen. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A delightful bit of whimsy appeared in The Hook in 1984, under the nom de plume of Lieutenant Butch Blaster.”
“Al – Mas’udi had mentioned the Hazár Afsánah, it was versified and probably remodelled by one “Rásti,” the Takhallus or nom de plume of a bard at the Court of Mahmúd, the Ghaznevite Sultan who, after”
“A note on the translation suggests Kuromoti might be the nom de plume of an enlisted man aboard the Abukuma.”
“Massalsky, who, under the nom de plume of Dora D'Istria, has made for herself a reputation and position in the world of letters among the great women of our century, will at least have something of the charm of novelty for most American readers.”
“The author of William II. and Francis-Joseph, sheltered under the nom de plume of Marquise de Fontenoy, is a lady of distinguished birth and title.”
“In January, 1830, the well-known tale of “The G.ntle Boy” was accepted by S.G. G.odrich, the editor of a Boston publication called the Token, who was himself better known in those days under the nom de plume of “Peter Parley.””
“The fascists took away my career as a screenwriter; now I write historical romance novels under the nom de plume Erica St. Jane.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nom de plume’.
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A Name
Nouns meaning a name
nomen, binomen, cognomen, appellation, epithet, agnomen, designation, surname, alias, autonym, eponym, anonym and 18 more...
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English with Tongue
French words and phrases used by English speakers.
objet d'art, nom de plume, petite, bon voyage, avant-garde, faux pas, faux, touché, répondez, s'il vo..., rouge, papier mâché, joie de vivre and 85 more...
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Logodaedalus' Lexical Locutionary
Discombobulating the illiterate since the middle of the last century.
adiaphora, agitprop, alliteration, apophthegm, autarky, bête noire, bezoar, biorhythm, braggadocio, canaille, confabulate, confrère and 332 more...
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Words I'd Like to Use Someday
thundersnow, phantasmagoria, mercurial, chimerical, taciturn, paraclete, lapis lazuli, flay, guttersnipe, wonky, misanthrope, kestrel and 583 more...
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katiefallwest's Words
facetious, hallows, snarky, literati, cantankerous, gryphon, esoteric, fortuitous, impetus, ubiquitous, muggle, colour and 144 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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Rilakkuma's list
The Velvetine Ruffians
gamine, waif, ruffian, villain, rake, libertine, velvetine, luminary, nom de plume, street urchin, epicurean, eventide and 256 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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kevincooper's Words
prosopopeia, lisle, magisterial, zeitgeist, zeugma, bloviate, apocryphal, bon mot, cacophony, euphony, brigandier, micturition and 313 more...
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Name-Calling
tag, sobriquet, nickname, appellation, designation, title, handle, moniker, alias, surname, cognomen, label and 22 more...
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Into the Wild
List of vocabulary words built while reading Into the Wild for summer reading.
7/10escarpment, amalgam, muskeg, derelict, cordillera, anomaly, posit, convivial, mien, inimical, credo, portage and 40 more...
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speaking in tongues
schadenfreude, naïve, gnosis, sangfroid, capisce, flagrante delicto, lux, veritas, gravitas, coquette, panache, nom de plume and 73 more...
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Francophilia
Gallicisms
de rigueur, au courant, bonhomie, gauche, frisson, raison d'etre, joie de vivre, mot juste, bon mot, contretemps, savoir-vivre, savoir-faire and 18 more...
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littleghost's list
endosymbiotic, circumvent, myriad, billet-doux, rêver, biased, subsume, miaow, éclabousser, petit lu, that tragic boy, ennui and 10 more...
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at least a bit ausländisch
also: words that are either not English, or would never be used by the majority of Americans.
portmanteau, szczecin, schlepp, waistcoat, prat, yonks, git, nom de plume, miłość, genau, umlaut, pila
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Literary / Aesthetic
Gongorism, paracinema, avantronica, arrière-garde, chrestomathy, diorama, philological, ideographic, daguerreotype, litterateur, pasticcio, mimeticism and 59 more...
Tweets
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sionnach That lolcat is teh alsome! Dec 24, 2008
sarra Excuse the lolcat, but this one is lovely! Dec 24, 2008
whichbe An author's pseudonym or pen-name. (from WordCraft) May 20, 2008