Paronomasy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Paronomasy is a noun meaning Archaic form of paronomasia.
Meaning
Archaic form of paronomasia.
Example Sentences
Marry, we must not play or riot too much with them, as in paronomasies.
Unless, by sheer coincidence, the target language contains a similar word pair, also similar in meaning, the effect of the paronomasy must be lost in the translation.
Sanctioning etymological speculation, Coleridge urged that his readers be alert to "the equivocal or double meaning of a word," and went so far as to contemplate writing an Apology for Paronomasy, alias Punning
Word Forms
- paronomasies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paronomastic, paronomasia, paralog, paralogism, paralanguage, paralipomenon.
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