anagram
verbEtymology Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”).
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To form anagrams.
anagram
noun/ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/
Etymology Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”).
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Of words A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
- As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg):
- Derived terms
- anagram dictionary, anagramise, anagramize, anagrammer, anagrammist, anamonic, aptagram, blanagram, indirect anagram, Reaganagram
- Related terms
- anagrammatic, anagrammatisation, anagrammatization, anagrammatise, anagrammatize, anagrammatism, anagrammatist