paronomasiac

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noun

One addicted to wordplay or puns.

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Meanings

nounparonomasiac (plural paronomasiacs)

plural paronomasiacs

  1. One addicted to wordplay or puns.

    Punning, and competition therein, was encouraged—nay, actively abetted—by Callahan, himself a hopeless and utterly shameless paronomasiac.

    2004, Spider Robinson, Off The Wall At Callahan's, Macmillan, page 9
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APA

paronomasiac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paronomasiac

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“paronomasiac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paronomasiac. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paronomasiac,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paronomasiac.

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