onomatology

“The interesting and extensive field of personal onomatology -- the study of personal names -- cannot be entered upon exhaustively here.”

The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day

“Land was to be undertaken solely for the purpose of bringing back living specimens of the five-spotted Arctic woodcock -- _Philohela quinquemaculata_ -- in order to add to our onomatology and our glossary of onomatopoeia an ontogenesis of this important but hitherto unstudied sub-species.”

Police!!!

“In order to understand the onomatology question in medicine as it stands at present one has to read this book.”

Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812

“However, before long physicians will discard much from our present medical onomatology that is ridiculous, absurd, incorrect, in short, unscientific, as, for instance, the designation typhoid fever.”

Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812

“Look, for instance, at his ingenious quaintness in the matter of _onomatology_.”

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852

“The Copycat Effect (NY: Simon and Schuster, 2004), and in forthcoming books, with further explorations in onomatology (the study of names) and toponomy (the study of places).”

Twilight Language

“What makes this noteworthy is that Beal's post is largely about conspiratorial onomatology, or”

Zapato Productions intradimensional (Lite)

“word meaning" as you declare, but rather "onomastics" is the study of proper names and thus, "anonymous" is not strictly a fit object of onomatology.”

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