Definition of Anagrem
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.
An"a*gram, v. t. To
anagrammatize.
Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into
Benevolus.
Warburton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- In its simplest form: A word that is created by rearranging the letters of another word.
- In a more complex form: A sentence or phrase that is formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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