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daffynition

daffynition noun: a form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.

Noun

daffynition (plural daffynitions)

  1. A form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.
    • Daffynitions appear in fictionaries, not dictionaries, and they add hidden dimensions to the words they describe.1980, Gyles Daubeney Brandreth, The Joy of Lex: How to Have Fun with 860,341,500 Words, New York: Morrow, →ISBN, page 269

daffynition meaning in Bengali

daffynition in Bengali

এক সেট বাঁধানো দাঁত, এক ভদ্র হংস

Forms of daffynition

pluraldaffynitions

Origin of daffynition

Blend of daffy (“mad; eccentric”) + definition.

Questions about daffynition

What does daffynition mean?
Daffynition means a form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.
What is daffynition in Bengali?
Daffynition in Bengali is এক সেট বাঁধানো দাঁত, এক ভদ্র হংস. See Daffynition meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is daffynition?
Daffynition is a noun.
What is the plural of daffynition?
The plural of daffynition is daffynitions.

Words near daffynition in the dictionary

  1. Daffy Duck
  2. Daffy Duck offense
  3. Daffy Ducks
  4. daffydowndillies
  5. daffydowndilly
  6. daffynition
  7. daffynitions
  8. DAFIF
  9. DAFL
  10. Dafla
  11. DAFN

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Adapted from Wiktionary: daffynition (page history and authors); daffynition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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