v. ? Obs. rare. [f. L. agnōmināt- ppl. stem of agnōminā-re, f. AGNOMEN; more commonly ANNOMINATE.] To bestow an agnomen on, style, nickname.
1595. Locrine, III. ii. 161. Silver streams Which in memorial of our victory Shall be agnominated by our name.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Agnominate, to allude to ones name, to nickname. [Not in Johnson 1775, but in Todd 1818, and mod. Dicts.]
