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語源

Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) +‎ -gram (“letter”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/, enPR: ăʹnəgrăm
• ハイフネーション: ana‧gram

名詞

anagram (plural anagrams)

1. (of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

   Hyponyms: antigram, synanagram

   Coordinate terms: alphagram, palindrome

   • 2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg):

     As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.

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動詞

anagram (third-person singular simple present anagrams, present participle anagramming, simple past and past participle anagrammed)

1. To form anagrams.

参照

Further reading

• anagram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• argaman