Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
paronomasia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Paronomasia.
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- noun Archaic form of
paronomasia .
Etymologies
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Compare French paronomasie.
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Examples
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-- _Guide_, etc., pp. 28, 29.] [13] {19} [The "real Bonivard" might have indulged in and, perhaps, prided himself on this feeble and irritating _paronomasy_; but nothing can be less in keeping with the bearing and behaviour of the tragic and sententious Bonivard of the legend.] [14] [Compare --
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
hernesheir commented on the word paronomasy
(n): punning. -- B. Johnson
cf. paraonomasia
December 31, 2008
corylusavellana commented on the word paronomasy
Delicious!
December 31, 2008