What does ANAGRAM mean?
Definitions for ANAGRAM
ˈæn əˌgræmana·gram
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Princeton's WordNet
anagramverb
a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammatiseverb
read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning
Wiktionary
anagramnoun
A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
The word "silent" is an anagram of "listen".
anagramverb
To form anagrams.
Etymology: Late 16th century, from anagramme, formed on Greek ἀνά + γράμμα.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ANAGRAMnoun
A conceit arising from the letters of a name transposed; as this, of W,i,l,l,i,a,m, N,o,y, attorney-general to Charles I. a very laborious man, I moyl in law.
Etymology: ἀνά and γϱάμμα.
Though all her parts be not in th’ usual place,
She hath yet the anagrams of a good face:
If we might put the letters but one way,
In that lean dearth of words, what could we say? John Donne.Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame
In keen iambicks, but mild anagram. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Anagram
An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. For example, the word anagram itself can be rearranged into nag a ram, also the word binary into brainy and the word adobe into abode. The original word or phrase is known as the subject of the anagram. Any word or phrase that exactly reproduces the letters in another order is an anagram. Someone who creates anagrams may be called an "anagrammatist", and the goal of a serious or skilled anagrammatist is to produce anagrams that reflect or comment on their subject.
ChatGPT
anagram
An anagram is a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another, such as "cinema" formed from "iceman".
Webster Dictionary
Anagramnoun
literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law
Anagramverb
to anagrammatize
Etymology: [F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. 'ana` back, again + gra`fein to write. See Graphic.]
Wikidata
Anagram
An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; for example orchestra can be rearranged into carthorse. Someone who creates anagrams may be called an "anagrammatist". The original word or phrase is known as the subject of the anagram. Any word or phrase that exactly reproduces the letters in another order is an anagram. However, the goal of serious or skilled anagrammatists is to produce anagrams that in some way reflect or comment on the subject. Such an anagram may be a synonym or antonym of its subject, a parody, a criticism, or praise; e.g. William Shakespeare = I am a weakish speller
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Anagram
an′a-gram, n. a word or sentence formed by rewriting (in a different order) the letters of another word or sentence: as, 'live' = 'evil,' 'Quid est veritas? = 'Est vir qui adest,' and 'Florence Nightingale' = 'Flit on, cheering angel.'—Many pseudonyms are merely anagrams, as 'Voltaire' = 'Arouet l. i.'—that is, 'Arouet le jeune (the younger).'—adjs. Anagrammat′ic, Anagrammat′ical.—adv. Anagrammat′ically.—v.t. Anagram′matīse, to transpose, so as to form an anagram.—ns. Anagram′matism, the practice of making anagrams; Anagram′matist, a maker of anagrams. [Gr. ana, again, graph-ein, to write.]
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Anagrams for ANAGRAM »
nag a ram
rag a man
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ANAGRAM in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ANAGRAM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- anagramAfrikaans
- جناس ناقص, قلبArabic
- анаграмаBulgarian
- anagramaCatalan, Valencian
- přesmyčka, anagramCzech
- anagramDanish
- AnagrammGerman
- αναγραμματισμόςGreek
- anagramoEsperanto
- anagramaSpanish
- واروواژهPersian
- anagrammiFinnish
- anagrammeFrench
- אנגרמהHebrew
- anagrammaHungarian
- anagrammaInterlingua
- anagramoIdo
- stafarugl, raðhverfa, stafabrengl, orðaruglIcelandic
- anagrammaItalian
- アナグラムJapanese
- 아나그램, 철자 바꾸기Korean
- AnagrammLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- anagrammaMaltese
- anagram, letterkeerDutch
- anagramNorwegian
- anagramPolish
- anagramaPortuguese
- анаграммаRussian
- anagramSerbo-Croatian
- anagramSlovene
- anagramSwedish
- çevrik kelime, evirmece, anagram, çevrik sözcükTurkish
- анаграмаUkrainian
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