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Feb 1, 2013 This week's theme There's a word for it This week's words overmorrow filipendulous paresthesia armscye onomastics This week's comments AWADmail 553 Next week's theme Words to describe people Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg onomastics PRONUNCIATION: (on-uh-MAS-tiks) MEANING: noun: The study of proper names or of terms used in a specialized field. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek onomastikos (of names), from onomazein (to name), from onoma (name). Also see onomasticon. Earliest documented use: 1904. USAGE: "Ms. Lindsay is one of a growing number of onomastics enthusiasts catering to a generation of parents hungry for the perfect name." Rebecca Dube; Unique's the Name; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Oct 9, 2007. Explore "onomastics" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Never cut what you can untie. -Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

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