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paronomasia是什么意思

paronomasia

英 [,pærənə'meɪzɪə] 美 [,pærəno'meʒə]
  • n. 文字游戏;双关语

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paronomasia (n.)
"pun," 1570s, from Latin, from Greek paronomasia "play upon words which sound similarly," from paronomazein "to alter slightly, to call with slight change of name," literally "to name beside," from par- (see para- (1)) + onomasia "naming," from onoma "name" (see name (n.)).

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