Definition of Paronomastic. Meaning of Paronomastic. Synonyms of Paronomastic

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Definition of Paronomastic

Paronomastic
Paronomastic Par`o*no*mas"tic, Paronomastical Par`o*no*mas"tic*al, a. Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.

Meaning of Paronomastic from wikipedia

- punning, playing with words to create humorous or rhetorical effect. Paronomastic puns often mani****te well-known idioms, proverbs, or phrases to deliver...
- "Ealles Englalandes Cyningc: Cnut's Territorial Kingship and Wulfstan's Paronomastic Play." Sawyer, Peter H. 1978. From Roman Britain to Norman England. New...
- fake names he would invent as a child. The title is unusual, the word paronomastic means "play on words" or "punning". The misspelling "paranomastic" might...
- "to lead" and "to tend in a certain direction," "ahead," "headway". Paronomastically, tao is equated with its homonym 蹈 tao < d'ôg, "to trample," "tread...
- sorrow. If you love, then you remember fondly. The Chinese call these paronomastic glosses shengxun 'sound teaching', which goes back to the Rectification...