Meaning of paronomasy | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of paronomasia.

alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

“Marry, we must not play or riot too much with them, as in paronomasies.”

“Unless, by sheer coincidence, the target language contains a similar word pair, also similar in meaning, the effect of the paronomasy must be lost in the translation.”

“Sanctioning etymological speculation, Coleridge urged that his readers be alert to "the equivocal or double meaning of a word," and went so far as to contemplate writing an Apology for Paronomasy, alias Punning”

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