Definition of Paronomasia. Meaning of Paronomasia. Synonyms of Paronomasia

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Definition of Paronomasia

Paronomasia
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.

Meaning of Paronomasia from wikipedia

- A pun, also rarely known as paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended...
- 701 BCE). For these p****ages of doom on the various cities, paronomasia is used. Paronomasia is a literary device which 'plays' on the sound of each word...
- Alliteration (initial rhyme) is a special case of parechesis. It is related to paronomasia. Gert J. C. Jordaan -Ancient Gr**** Inside Out: The Semantics of Grammatical...
- rethinking or reframing of the beginning. Parody: humouristic imitation. Paronomasia: pun in which similar-sounding words but words having a different meaning...
- which is a reference to Genesis 1:2), its use alongside tohu being mere paronomasia, and is given the equivalent translation of "emptiness, voidness". In...
- opposite situations or things in one sentence to prove a point. Pun or paronomasia - A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of...
- co-created by writer Max Allan Collins and artist Terry Beatty. Her name is a paronomasia, or play on words, of the term "Mystery". The title character is Michael...
- pneumology respirology punnology The art or practice of making puns or paronomasia. pyramidology The study of pseudoscientific speculations regarding pyramids...
- 1991, pp. 65–66. Jolles 1930. Joseph 2008. Sadler, J. D. (1982). "Latin Paronomasia". The classical Journal. 78 (2): 138–141. ISSN 0009-8353. JSTOR 3297064...
- method of gematria. He writes, "Many such cases of double entendre, paronomasia in one language or another, sometimes two at once, numerical-literal...