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Definition of anagram in English: anagramnounˈanəɡramˈænəˌɡræm A word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another, such as spar, formed from rasp. 移字母构新词,回文词(例如rasp变成spar) Example sentencesExamples - I say he's just trying to distract us from the fact that his last name is an anagram of ‘u blog’.
- Meanwhile, I've been inundated with anagrams of the name Mick McCarthy, all of which are, quite frankly, rubbish - but thanks for trying.
- And she told me that that was what it meant: it was an anagram for the phrase ‘If I tell you what it means will you buy me a drink?’
- The dependent variables in his experiments included mathematical problems, making words from anagrams, as well as creating toys.
- Also, anagrams forming high frequency words were solved more readily than anagrams forming low frequency words.
- David has been playing around with making anagrams from the names of some of his favourite blogs.
- This was proved in a study where people were given anagrams of words to solve.
- So you pretend to be absorbed in a book, or take an unnatural interest in the wine bottle label, which you have now read 36 times and even played anagrams with the word ‘Chianti’.
- This is music just about anyone can enjoy, either for close listening or simply ambient sound, and that's perhaps where Pierce's use of an anagram of his name for his main musical project becomes most appropriate.
- In this regard, researchers focused on the anagram solution as related to the characteristics of the anagrams and the solution words, as well as individual difference variables.
- Almost all of the main characters have parts of their names which are anagrams of close friends of mine.
- I love the way sometimes the letters of an anagram rearrange themselves in my head with no effort, whereas sometimes I have to write them out in a circle to work it out.
- Finally, Dominowski found that a single letter, regardless of its position in the solution word, did not facilitate solutions for 5-letter anagrams.
- Lou Saverese (whose name is an anagram of save ears) emerges to the dim noise of pipes.
- Anyway, the point is (to get back to Scrabble) that the Scrabble-player plays anagrams with the letters in front of him or her - order out of chaos again, you see.
- The point of the task was to write down each object found and then rearrange the anagram into a word, which turned out to be the Gaisce Bronze Award.
- The author wrote under the pseudonym Sera N. Noosbig, an anagram of his name, because the article would be better received that way, Burkholder said.
- The embedded words in the anagrams were cab, not, nod, run, dig, led, tip, tie, pet, and pit, respectively.
- It could be argued that the visual appearance of the anagram does not affect the process of mentally rearranging the letters of the anagram.
- Dave, the weirdly talented man who can make anagrams out of anything, honored me by conducting a fake interview in which all the answers are anagrams of my name.
Synonyms riddle, puzzle, word game
Derivativesadjectiveanəɡrəˈmatɪkˌænəɡrəˈmædɪk Denoting or employing a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another; in the form of an anagram. 移字母构新词,回文词(例如rasp变成spar) he would write using anagrammatic versions of his name Example sentencesExamples - anagrammatic puzzles
- He would write using anagrammatic versions of his own name like Ogdred Weary or Dogear Wryde and he would draw eerie wonderlands and stately homes and would populate them with the strangest of people engaged in the cruellest of acts.
- The dexterous, anagrammatic intelligence of Eyeshot, Heather McHugh's seventh collection, nearly overwhelms.
- The anagrammatic variety are more clever than piercing, however.
adjectiveanəɡrəˈmatɪk(ə)l In the battle of imaginary bad men, the hostilities between Satan and Santa are more or less an anagrammatical draw. Example sentencesExamples - Probably Denmark's best country band, Tahmias Hilltot is led by the anagrammatical Matthias Lilholt.
- So we made a joke of it, signing off his articles with pseudonyms ranging from the obvious Dario G to the anagrammatical Dan U. Arsedish.
- One anagrammatical combination shows up here.
- Her sensitivity to anagrammatical and typographical detail allows her to see ‘open’ in ‘persons,’ ‘in her’ in ‘inner,’ and, troublingly, ‘evil’ in ‘live’ (a word which she plays off her heroine's name).
OriginLate 16th century: from French anagramme or modern Latin anagramma, from Greek ana- 'back, anew' + gramma 'letter'. Definition of anagram in US English: anagramnounˈænəˌɡræmˈanəˌɡram A word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another, such as cinema, formed from iceman. 移字母构新词,回文词(例如rasp变成spar) Example sentencesExamples - Finally, Dominowski found that a single letter, regardless of its position in the solution word, did not facilitate solutions for 5-letter anagrams.
- I say he's just trying to distract us from the fact that his last name is an anagram of ‘u blog’.
- David has been playing around with making anagrams from the names of some of his favourite blogs.
- This was proved in a study where people were given anagrams of words to solve.
- Anyway, the point is (to get back to Scrabble) that the Scrabble-player plays anagrams with the letters in front of him or her - order out of chaos again, you see.
- So you pretend to be absorbed in a book, or take an unnatural interest in the wine bottle label, which you have now read 36 times and even played anagrams with the word ‘Chianti’.
- This is music just about anyone can enjoy, either for close listening or simply ambient sound, and that's perhaps where Pierce's use of an anagram of his name for his main musical project becomes most appropriate.
- The dependent variables in his experiments included mathematical problems, making words from anagrams, as well as creating toys.
- I love the way sometimes the letters of an anagram rearrange themselves in my head with no effort, whereas sometimes I have to write them out in a circle to work it out.
- Meanwhile, I've been inundated with anagrams of the name Mick McCarthy, all of which are, quite frankly, rubbish - but thanks for trying.
- It could be argued that the visual appearance of the anagram does not affect the process of mentally rearranging the letters of the anagram.
- In this regard, researchers focused on the anagram solution as related to the characteristics of the anagrams and the solution words, as well as individual difference variables.
- The point of the task was to write down each object found and then rearrange the anagram into a word, which turned out to be the Gaisce Bronze Award.
- Also, anagrams forming high frequency words were solved more readily than anagrams forming low frequency words.
- Dave, the weirdly talented man who can make anagrams out of anything, honored me by conducting a fake interview in which all the answers are anagrams of my name.
- The author wrote under the pseudonym Sera N. Noosbig, an anagram of his name, because the article would be better received that way, Burkholder said.
- The embedded words in the anagrams were cab, not, nod, run, dig, led, tip, tie, pet, and pit, respectively.
- Almost all of the main characters have parts of their names which are anagrams of close friends of mine.
- And she told me that that was what it meant: it was an anagram for the phrase ‘If I tell you what it means will you buy me a drink?’
- Lou Saverese (whose name is an anagram of save ears) emerges to the dim noise of pipes.
Synonyms riddle, puzzle, word game
OriginLate 16th century: from French anagramme or modern Latin anagramma, from Greek ana- ‘back, anew’ + gramma ‘letter’. |