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aptagram

noun
/ˈæp.tə.ɡɹæm/

Etymology

Blend of apt + anagram.

  1. derived from ἀνά
  2. borrowed from anagramma
  3. borrowed from anagramme
  4. compounded as aptagram — “apt + anagram”

Definitions

  1. An anagram whose meaning is relevant to that of the original text that was anagrammed.

    • "Moon starer" is an aptagram of "astronomer".
    • "Notes" is an aptagram of "tones".
    • "Vile" is an aptagram of "evil".

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aptagram. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA