ANAGRAM

AN'AGRAM, noun [Gr. a letter.]A transposition of the letters of a name, by which a new word is formed. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy, (attorney general to Charles I., a laborious man, ) may be turned into I moyl in law.

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anagram. Anagram, n. a transposing the letters of a name, as W, i, l , l, i, a, m N, o, y - i moyl in law

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An″a‐gram (ăn″ȧ‐grăm), n. [[F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. ανἄ back, again + γράφειν to write. See Graphic.]] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change of one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.