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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca