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Word: Paronomastic
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From para- + onomastic, after paronomasia
Definition:
Of or relating to paronomasia; characterized by paronomasia, punning.
Variant Forms:
- paranomastic
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