alethonym
/əˈli.θəˌnɪm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“Samuel Langhorne Clemens” is the alethonym of “Mark Twain”."
- "Or we can contemplate such literary power inductively by asking […] whether poetic names might not be alethonyms for ourselves and our homes, our lovers and our gods as the subjects of the predicates otherwise only floating through the pages of discourse."
- "The holster has been named in secret, and it’s^([sic]) moniker, Arcanum, is what remains of its alethonym."
- "Indeed, Matalusa Kingdom takes its name from the “chosen leader of the tribe-less” (0:56:30), Matalusa, who receives, in turn, the homophonic alias (or possibly alethonym) Martyr Loser King."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀληθής (alēthḗs, “true”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to aletho- + -onym.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἀληθής