Definition of Anagrams. Meaning of Anagrams. Synonyms of Anagrams

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Definition of Anagrams

Anagram
Anagram An"a*gram, v. t. To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. --Warburton.
Anagram
Anagram An"a*gram, n. [F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. ? back, again + ? to write. See Graphic.] 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.

Meaning of Anagrams from wikipedia

- serious or skilled anagrammatist is to produce anagrams that reflect or comment on their subject. Anagrams may be created as a commentary on the subject...
- to include cryptic material: not cryptic clues in the modern sense, but anagrams, classical allusions, incomplete quotations, and other references and wordplay...
- 1877. The first version to include the word Anagrams in its name may have been The Game of Letters and Anagrams on Wooden Blocks, published by Parker Brothers...
- phrase. Anagram or Anagrams may also refer to: Anagram (band), Canadian punk rock band Anagram Islands off Antarctica Operation Anagram, British police investigation...
- the Warsaw Anagrams Retrieved 6/7/21. Article about Zimler’s book tour through Poland https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/The-Warsaw-Anagrams-by-Richard-Zimler-2334861...
- Anagrams is a 1973 non-fiction book on wordplay by Howard W. Bergerson. Over a third of the book is devoted to the study and collection of anagrams....
- In the main type of anagram dictionary, the letters in words or phrases are rearranged in alphabetical order, and these transpositions are themselves...
- minutes, and Tobin subsequently received his third life sentence. Operation Anagram was a nationwide police investigation into Tobin's life and movements....
- Anagrams of Desire is an academic textbook about Angela Carter's media writings. Written by Charlotte Crofts and published by Manchester University Press...
- Literary Anagrams: Hundreds of long anagrams of poetic and literary subjects by over 50 contributors, including the longest literary anagram ever created...