cognominally
advEtymology From cognominal + -ly.
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By way of cognomen, in regard to the cognomen.
- She accompliſhed in 1706 a union of England and Scotland into one kingdom, ſtyled, cognominally with the the^([sic]) iland of which they are parts, the kingdom of Great-Britain;1805, James [Bentley] Gordon, A History of Ireland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Accomplishment of the Union with Great Britain in 1801, volume II, Dublin: […] John Jones, […], page 203:
- “Rich in worldly things,” I resumed, with a sigh, “but cognominally I am impoverished, degraded, sunk deeper than plummet ever sounded. Were it a fair name, I could submit; but this is a nickname, a byword, a reproach.[…]”1825, “Mr. Mark Higginbotham’s Case of real Distress”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 291:
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- Oh, Wilhelmina—Wilhelmina— / Sweet swearer “by the living jingo!”— / Thy Goldsmith ne’er had soiled so fine a / Mouth as thine own with vulgar lingo, / But for thine other name;—he knew / That “gods” must knuckle down to “fegs,” / When oaths out-flew from maids like you, / Cognominally known as—Skeggs.1827, [Edward Gandy], “What’s in a name?”, in Moods and Tenses. By One of Us., London: […] Richard Glynn, […], page 5:
- The double ovals appear in other monuments, and thus cognominally identify the kings.1836, “I Monumenti dell’ Egitto e della Nubia, disegnati della Spedizione scientifico—letteraria Toscana in Egitto. Distribuiti in ordine di Materie, interpretati ed illustrati dal Dottore Ippollito Rosellini, direttore della spedizione. Tom. I. II. Pisa, 1835, 8vo. With an Atlas and Plates, large folio, in livraisons.”, in The British and Foreign Review; or, European Quarterly Journal, volumes II (January—April), London: James Ridgway and Sons, page 165:
- Be it notified unto you, that I am lineally descended from my hero: the masculine parent of King Arthur was cognominally furnished like myself—he also was a Pendragon.1837, Charles Whitehead, “A Word or Two about Geoffrey Gooch”, in The Library of Fiction, or Family Story-Teller; Consisting of Original Tales, Essays, and Sketches of Character, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], chapter II, page 262:
- He made many inquiries about the business of the town, and especially of the inhabitants cognominally.1910, O. Henry [pen name; William Sydney Porter], Whirligigs, page 129: