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onymous

adjective
on·y·mous | \ˈänəməs\

Definition of onymous 

: bearing a name especially : giving or bearing the author's name an onymous article in a magazine —opposed to anonymous

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Other Words from onymous

onymously adverb

History and Etymology for onymous

back-formation from anonymous

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