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Word: Paronomasia
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek paronomasia, from para- ‘beside’ (expressing alteration) + onomasia ‘naming’ (from onomazein ‘to name’, from onoma ‘a name’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌparənə(ʊ)ˈmeɪzɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a play on words; a pun.
Short Definition:play on words
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