Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The use in juxtaposition of words nearly alike in sound, but of different meanings; a paronomasia.
  • noun Alliteration, or the use of two or more words in succession beginning with the same letter or sound. See agnomination.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Paronomasia; punning.
  • noun obsolete Alliteration.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete paronomasia; punning
  • noun obsolete alliteration

Etymologies

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Latin annominatio. See agnomination.

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    December 15, 2010