Anagram

an′a-gram, n. a word or sentence formed by rewriting (in a different order) the letters of another word or sentence: as, 'live' = 'evil,' 'Quid est veritas? = 'Est vir qui adest,' and 'Florence Nightingale' = 'Flit on, cheering angel.'—Many pseudonyms are merely anagrams, as 'Voltaire' = 'Arouet l. i.'—that is, 'Arouet le jeune (the younger).'— adjs. Anagram mat′ic , Anagram mat′ical .— adv. Anagram mat′ically .— v.t. Anagram′matīse , to transpose, so as to form an anagram.— ns. Anagram′matism , the practice of making anagrams; Anagram′matist , a maker of anagrams. [Gr. ana , again, graph-ein , to write.]