Paronomastic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words; punning.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. of, or relating to paronomasia; punning
  • Word Usage
    "Even as the author of this paronomastic caution, Simon was unaware of quite how timely it was."
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