play of words
noun
An act of playing or trifling with words; the use of words merely or mainly for the purpose of producing a rhetorical effect. Now rare.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713), philosopher and author.
- abdominally
- abdominal rib
- abdominiser
- abdominizer
- abdominoplasty
- abdominoscopy
- abdominous
- abduce
- abducens
- abducens nerve
- abducent
- abduct
- abductee
- abduction
- abductive
- abductor
- abductor muscle
- Abduh, Muhammad
- Abdul Hamid II
- Abdul-Jabbar
- Abdulla
- Abdullah
- Abdullah ibn Hussein
- Abdullah II
- Abdul Rahman, Tunku