† paronomasticaladj.
Rhetoric. Obsolete. rare.
= paronomastic adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adjective] > of puns
quibbling1624
allusive1655
paronomastical1664
punnic1719
punny1722
punnical1731
paronomastic1811
paronomasial1823
biverbal1826
punnable1840
paronomasian1890
paronomasiastic1902
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > paronomastic
paronomastical1664
paronomastic1811
paronomasial1823
paronomasian1890
paronomasiastic1902
1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. Pref. b ij The sound of Θυάτειρα and θυγάτειρα are near enough for paronomasticall Allusion in any indifferent man's judgement whatsoever.
1888 Bookworm 1 273 Cleverly paronomastical is ‘A Cursory History of Swearing’ by Julian Sharman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.1664