nom de plume

nom de plume

noun \-ˈplüm\

plural noms de plume\ˌnäm(z)-di-\

Definition of NOM DE PLUME

: pseudonym, pen name

Examples of NOM DE PLUME

1. He wrote under a nom de plume.

Origin of NOM DE PLUME

French, pen name; probably coined in English

First Known Use: 1823

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with NOM DE PLUME

anteroom, baby boom, banquet room, birthing room, boiler room, city room, coffee room, common room, counting room, cutting room, elbow room, family room, impostume, Jacquard loom, keeping room, ladies' room, living room, locker-room, lumber room, powder room, ready room, rumpus room, sitting room, smoking room, sonic boom, standing room, straw mushroom, tiring-room, waiting room, wiggle room, women's room, witches'-broom