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An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.

An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, or account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

Physiognomist.

A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.

Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.

A cognomen or surname. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome. To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. Milton.

A wing, literal or figurative. Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome. Pope.

of the genus Nettapus, native of Africa, India, and Australia. -- Pygmy owl (Zoöl.), the gnome. Pygmy parrot (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very small green parrots (Nasiternæ), native of New Guinea and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows. Pygmy chimpanzee, a species of anthropoid ape (Pan pani…

An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen. "My surname, Coriolanus." Shak.