Associations to the word «Onomastics»

Wiktionary

ONOMASTICS, noun. The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.

Dictionary definition

ONOMASTICS, noun. The branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats