paronomasy

== English == === Etymology === Compare French paronomasie. === Noun === paronomasy (countable and uncountable, plural paronomasies) Archaic form of paronomasia. a 1637, Ben Jonson, Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter, published posthumously (1640) Marry, we must not play or riot too much with them, as in paronomasies. === References === “paronomasy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.