paronomasia

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The Roman orators Cicero and Quintilian believed that "paronomasia", the Greek term for punning, was a sign of intellectual suppleness and rhetorical skill.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2013

This paronomasia is the title of a program designed to bring quiet to a city.

From Time Magazine Archive

Euen the title—which, as is customarie with great personages, is the best part of your Majesties book—is marred by an unseemlie concession to paronomasia.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

The only grounds for this theory are the easiness of the Greek style and the paronomasia in iv.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

"It is a perversion of the text," said the eager Henry Warden, "grounded on a vain play upon words—a most idle paronomasia."

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir