Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.
- noun A game in which players form words from a group of randomly picked letters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form into an anagram.
- noun A transposition of the letters of a word or sentence, to form a new word or sentence: thus, Galenus is an anagram of angelus.
- noun A word formed by reading the letters of one or more words backward; a palindrome: thus, evil is an anagram of live.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change of one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus
Galenus becomesangelus ;William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned intoI moyl in law . - transitive verb To anagrammatize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun of words A
word orphrase that is created byrearranging theletters of another word or phrase. - verb To form anagrams.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
- verb read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Oh, Humbert Humbert anagram is Hmm, the brute rub!
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Mittelos was probably chosen as a name for the front biolab because the anagram is “lost time” and little else.
The Tail Section » Paik Heavy Industries: The Lost Experience Redux
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Has anyone figured out what the third anagram is from the final�????
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In Rouen, the queens of hearts, diamonds and clubs were Rachel, mother of Joseph; Argine, an anagram of regina, the Latin word for queen; and Judith, of the Old Testament.
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There are 31 actors' and actresses' surnames in this poem, including one full name anagram in the first verse.
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There are 31 actors' and actresses' surnames in this poem, including one full name anagram in the first verse.
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Parliament, under the name of ‘The Senate of Lilliput,’ sometimes with feigned denominations of the several speakers, sometimes with denominations formed of the letters of their real names, in the manner of what is called anagram, so that they might easily be decyphered.
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What we certainly know to have been done by him in this way, was the Debates in both houses of Parliament, under the name of 'The Senate of Lilliput,' sometimes with feigned denominations of the several speakers, sometimes with denominations formed of the letters of their real names, in the manner of what is called anagram, so that they might easily be decyphered.
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Parliament, under the name of 'The Senate of Lilliput,' sometimes with feigned denominations of the several speakers, sometimes with denominations formed of the letters of their real names, in the manner of what is called anagram, so that they might easily be decyphered.
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What we certainly know to have been done by him in this way, was the Debates in both houses of Parliament, under the name of 'The Senate of Lilliput,' sometimes with feigned denominations of the several speakers, sometimes with denominations formed of the letters of their real names, in the manner of what is called anagram, so that they might easily be decyphered.
Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood
skipvia commented on the word anagram
Is there a better word than Christmas for generating anagrams?
Here are some nice seasonal ones:
mirth sacs (think bowlful of jelly...)
trims cash
misc. trash
Other cool ones:
scrim hats
art schism
ram schist
miss chart
cart shims
shirt cams
car smiths
marsh tics...
Happy Holidays from Mr. Ass Itch...
December 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word anagram
HAHA! *runs off to rewrite Christmas cards*
December 13, 2007
skipvia commented on the word anagram
Here's part of a card that I sent out a few years ago, reesetee.
Of course, I left out "this crams" and "crams shit" since they didn't seem too seasonal.
December 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word anagram
Love it--great idea. Of course you signed them "Mr. Ass Itch," right?
December 14, 2007
skipvia commented on the word anagram
Only to friends who knew I was joking...
December 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word anagram
The best kind of friends.
December 14, 2007
skipvia commented on the word anagram
Absolutely. Virtual or otherwise...
Signed, Mr. Ass Itch
December 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word anagram
:-D
December 14, 2007
skipvia commented on the word anagram
Speaking of anagrams, have you noticed that "chained bear" can become I had beer can? How about I? A beach nerd? My favorite, though, is brained each. (Well, aside from the obvious chained bare...)
December 14, 2007
bilby commented on the word anagram
Just think of television programming over Christmas. Crams shit is very seasonal.
December 14, 2007