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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.
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)
- Archaic form of paronomasia.
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