‖n. [ L.; ad + nomen name. ] 1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. agnominatio. See Agnomen. ] 1. A surname. [ R. ] Minsheu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chei`r hand + &unr_; understanding. ] The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: co- + (g)nomen name. ] 1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Law) A surname. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One bearing the same name; a namesake. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cognominatio. ] A cognomen or surname. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cranium + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. to know. ] The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnw`mon one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. &unr_; intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai, gignw^skein, to know. See Know. ] 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A brief reflection or maxim. Peacham.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. gnomique. See Gnome maxim. ] Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gnomon. ] Gnomonical. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; judgment, maxim + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. gnomologie. ] A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gnomon, Gr. &unr_; one that knows, the index of a sundial. See Gnome. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Dialing) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geom.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The index of the hour circle of a globe.

{ } a. [ L. gnomonicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. gnomonique. See Gnomon. ] Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gnomonic projection, a projection of the circles of the sphere, in which the point of sight is taken at the center of the sphere, and the principal plane is tangent to the surface of the sphere. “The gnomonic projection derives its name from the connection between the methods of describing it and those for the construction of a gnomon or dial.” Cyc. of Arts & Sciences. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the principles of the gnomonic projection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gnomonic. ] The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in gnomonics. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gnomon + -logy. Cf. Gnomonology. ] A treatise on gnomonics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ignominiosus: cf. F. ignominieux. ] 1. Marked with ignominy; incurring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain,
Fled ignominious. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deserving ignominy; despicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

One single, obscure, ignominious projector. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ignominies [ L. ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See In- not, and Name. ] 1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Commonwealth. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

Syn. -- Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ignominy. [ R. & Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I blush to think upon this ignomy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; skilled in judging of diseases; pa`qos a disease + &unr_; skilled: cf. F. pathognomonique. See Gnomic. ] (Med.) Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom. [ 1913 Webster ]

The true pathognomonic sign of love jealousy. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; passion + &unr_; a judgment, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to know. ] Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Physiognomist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. fysiognwmoniko`s: cf. F. physiognomonique. ] Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the principles of physiognomy. -- Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Physiognomy, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. physiognomiste. ] 1. One skilled in physiognomy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who tells fortunes by physiognomy. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To observe and study the physiognomy of. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Physiognomic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Physiognomies [ OE. fisonomie, phisonomie, fisnamie, OF. phisonomie, F. physiognomie, physiognomonie, from Gr. fysiognwmoni`a; fy`sis nature + gnw`mwn one who knows or examines, a judge, fr. gnw^mai, gignw`skein, to know. See Physic, and Know, and cf. Phiz. ] 1. The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The face or countenance, especially viewed as an indication of the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor. [ 1913 Webster ]