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paronomasia |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paronomasia \Par`o*no*ma"si*a\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? to form a word by a slight change; ? beside + ? to name fr ? a name.] (Rhet.) A play upon words a figure by which the same word is used in different senses or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning. --Dryden.
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