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Webster 1913 Edition


Paronomasy

Parˊo-nom′a-sy

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
paronomasie
.]
Paronomasia.
[R.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Paronomasy

PARONOM'ASY

,
Noun.
[from Gr. to transgress law or rule.]
A rhetorical figure, by which words nearly alike in sound, but of different meanings, are affectedly or designedly used; a play upon words; a pun. [See Pun.]

Definition 2024


paronomasy

paronomasy

English

Noun

paronomasy (plural paronomasies)

  1. Archaic form of paronomasia.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)