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paronomasiac

paronomasiac noun: one addicted to wordplay or puns.

Noun

paronomasiac (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

Forms of paronomasiac

pluralparonomasiacs

Questions about paronomasiac

What does paronomasiac mean?
Paronomasiac means one addicted to wordplay or puns.
What part of speech is paronomasiac?
Paronomasiac is a noun.
What is the plural of paronomasiac?
The plural of paronomasiac is paronomasiacs.

Words near paronomasiac in the dictionary

  1. paromologia
  2. paromology
  3. paromomycin
  4. paronellid
  5. paronomasia
  6. paronomasiac
  7. paronomasiacs
  8. paronomasial
  9. paronomasian
  10. paronomasias
  11. paronomasiast

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