Oh, by the way, any attempt to present me with any kind of testimonial will result in stern measures. And when I say stern measures, I am indulging in a paronomasia, or play on words! Good night.
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Paronomasia
//pæɹənɵˈmeɪzɪə//
Synonyms for "paronomasia" (25 found)
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16 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παρονομασία noun (a pun or play on words)
Bulgarian
2 entries- игра на думи noun (a pun or play on words)
- каламбур noun (a pun or play on words)
Catalan
1 entries- paronomàsia noun (a pun or play on words)
Esperanto
2 entries- kalemburo noun (a pun or play on words)
- vortludo noun (a pun or play on words)
French
1 entries- paronomase noun (a pun or play on words)
Italian
1 entries- paronomasia noun (a pun or play on words)
Latin
1 entries- paronomasia noun (a pun or play on words)
Polish
2 entries- annominacja noun (a pun or play on words)
- paronomazja noun (a pun or play on words)
Portuguese
1 entries- paronomásia noun (a pun or play on words)
Spanish
2 entries- agnominación noun (a pun or play on words)
- paronomasia noun (a pun or play on words)
Swedish
1 entries- paranomasi noun (a pun or play on words)
Tagalog
1 entries- paritugma noun (a pun or play on words)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Ev’rywhere but at Norfolk, where talk of Passion far outweighs its Enactment,– indeed, the Sailors’ paronomasia for that wretched Place, is ‘No-Fuck’.
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Paronomasia to the sense alludes, When words but little varied it includes.
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[…] he gloomily regarded his new digital watch, faintly fascinated by the onward march of the square figures which turned one into the other with insolent ease, a kind of numerical paronomasia.
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