单词 | paronomasia |
释义 | paronomasia/ˌparənəˈmeɪzɪə /noun A play on words; a pun.That humorous lyric mentioned earlier, ‘You can't have your Kate and Edith, too’ and the song ‘Overnight Male’ demonstrate paronomasia, use of words alike in sound but different in meaning....
OriginLate 16th century: via Latin from Greek paronomasia, from para- 'beside' (expressing alteration) + onomasia 'naming' (from onomazein 'to name', from onoma 'a name'). |
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