An'agram, a word, phrase or sentence formed by transposing the letters of another word, phrase or sentence so as to make an entirely different meaning. Thus, the letters in the name Florence Nightingale make "Flit on, cheering angel." The force of an anagram depends on its containing exactly the same letters as the original word or phrase and on its having some connection, eulogistic or humorous, with the original name or thought. In former times the making of anagrams was a very popular pastime and many men of great ability did not find it beneath them to use their ingenuity to this end, but at present the device has gone out of fashion except in the puzzle columns of magazines.