单词 | paronomasia |
释义 | paronomasian. Rhetoric. Wordplay based on words which sound alike; an instance of this, a pun. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun allusion1550 nick1561 paronomasia1577 paronomasy1592 quiblin1605 quibblea1627 quiblet1627 clinch1629 quibbling1633 clink1634 clench1638 pun1644 conundrum1645 whim1652 pundigrion1673 jeu de mots1823 calembour1830 Tom Swifty1963 paronym1982 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > play on words annomination1555 agnomination1574 paronomasia1577 paronomasy1592 prosonomasia1592 paronymy1627 adnomination1628 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Kij Paronomasia, is a certayne declyninge into a contrarye, by a lykelyhoode of Letters, eyther added, chaunged, or taken awaye. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. Gloss. f. 2v A Paronomasia or playing with the word, where he sayth(I loue thilke lasse(alas &c. 1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. The gingle of a more poor Paranomasia. 1741 A. Pope et al. Art of Sinking 211 in A. Pope Wks. II The Paranomasia, or Pun, where a Word, like the tongue of a jackdaw, speaks twice as much by being split. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 26/2 No divine made a freer use of the paranomasia than Dan. Featley, one of the most celebrated preachers of his time. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. viii. 200 A most idle paronomasia. 1879 Expositor 10 20 Both classes of paronomasia are found in St. Paul. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. iv. 272 A chaos of paronomasia, sound-links, ambiguous sense-links, and memory-links very like that of the dream. 2001 Independent 5 Mar. ii. 2/7 This is rather like talking about that great Norwegian playwright Henry Gibson... Is there a technical term for this particular type of paronomasia? Derivatives ˌparonoˈmasial adj. = paronomastic adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 108 When the indignant youth in the first scene exclaimed ‘I know not seems,’ he happened to raise his left hand to height rather above his head. This exhibited a white fissure..and raised such a ludicrous paronomasial association..that a general titter ensued. 1984 V. B. Leitch in V. A. Kramer Amer. Critics at Work 137 We can expect that the new essay on Finnegans Wake or the Cantos will itself be paronomasial and chaotic. ˌparonoˈmasian adj. = paronomastic adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1890 Sat. Rev. 13 Sept. 309/2 The playful, paronomasian method of the poet. 1999 A. Roughley Reading Derrida reading Joyce v. 46 Hartman reads the word Glas as a pun on the final syllables of the French pronunciation of Hegel and aigle, attesting to Derrida's following of the Joycean paronomasian inscription of desire and death. ˌparonomasiˈastic adj. = paronomastic adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1902 Speaker 4 Jan. 400/1 The finesses allusive, paronomasiastic, and the like of the Erasmian Latin. 2003 Daily Tel. 8 Aug. 17/1 The title's paronomasiastic reference is pudendal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577 |
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