My new bookish meme for 2026: the Golden Age of Detection (GAD) Mystery Word of the Day. Whenever I find a word that I'm unfamiliar with--or shall we say not absolutely confident I know the exact meaning of, I'm going to actually take time to look it up and share it with mystery-lovers everywhere. 😊
Today's GAD Mystery Word of the Day: Cognomen (noun) 1. surname; especially the third of usually three names of an ancient Roman 2. nickname or epithet
My father, who was a shrewd man of the old New England type, said more times than I am years old (which is not saying it as often as some may think) that Araminta (the name I was christened by, and the name you will find in the Bible record, though I sign myself Amelia, and insist upon being addressed as Amelia, being, as I hope, a sensible woman and not the piece of antiquated sentimentality suggested by the former cognomen)....
From That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green
Today's GAD Mystery Word of the Day: Cognomen (noun) 1. surname; especially the third of usually three names of an ancient Roman 2. nickname or epithet
My father, who was a shrewd man of the old New England type, said more times than I am years old (which is not saying it as often as some may think) that Araminta (the name I was christened by, and the name you will find in the Bible record, though I sign myself Amelia, and insist upon being addressed as Amelia, being, as I hope, a sensible woman and not the piece of antiquated sentimentality suggested by the former cognomen)....
From That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green
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