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paronomasia
[ par-uh-noh-mey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]
noun
, Rhetoric.
- the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- a pun.
paronomasia
/ ˌpærənəʊˈmæstɪk; ˌpærənəʊˈmeɪzɪə /
noun
- rhetoric a play on words, esp a pun
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Derived Forms
- paronomastic, adjective
- ˌparonoˈmastically, adverb
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Other Words From
- par·o·no·mas·tic [par-, uh, -noh-, mas, -tik], adjective
- paro·no·masti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of paronomasia1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of paronomasia1
C16: via Latin from Greek: a play on words, from paronomazein to make a change in naming, from para- 1(beside) + onomazein to name, from onoma a name
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Example Sentences
These figures may in some cases be a mere pictorial paronomasia, but the explanation above suggested is the more probable one.
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The only grounds for this theory are the easiness of the Greek style and the paronomasia in iv.
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Who now hath plumbed the depths of a contumelious paronomasia?
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When the allusions are forgotten, such paronomasia naturally results in hopeless obscurity.
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Reuss renders the paronomasia, "qu'il soit cach ou lch en Israel."
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