PARONOMASIA
pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia
(noun) a humorous play on words; “I do it for the pun of it”; “his constant punning irritated her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
paronomasia (countable and uncountable, plural paronomasias)
(rhetoric) A pun or play on words.
Source: Wiktionary
Par`o*no*ma"si*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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