paronomasticadj.
/ˌparənə(ʊ)ˈmastɪk/, /ˌparn̩ə(ʊ)ˈmastɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrənoʊˈmæstɪk/ Rhetoric.
Of or relating to paronomasia; characterized by paronomasia, punning.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adjective] > of puns
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paronomastical1664
punnic1719
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paronomasial1823
biverbal1826
punnable1840
paronomasian1890
paronomasiastic1902
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > paronomastic
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paronomastic1811
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paronomasian1890
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1811–26 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (2000) V. 634 The very letter of the famous paronomastic text proves that Peter's confession, not Peter himself, was the rock.
1863 W. Smith Dict. Bible II. 423/1 It was a fact which must have found its way into the paronomastic addresses of the prophets.
1907 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Langs. & Lit. 24 69 In this case, we have a paronomastic association, so common in Sumerian, between the two words.
1982 G. P. Firmat Idle Fictions 151 I wonder to what extent the choice of metaphor was influenced by the paranomastic resemblance between nebulosa and novela.
1992 Times (Nexis) 30 Dec. We have heard the annual proclamation paronomastic of the headline poets: ‘Millions out saying buy buy to the slump for happy queue year’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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