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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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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