paronomasy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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"
Etymology
Compare French paronomasie.