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paronomasiacs

paronomasiacs is the plural of paronomasiac.

Meaning of paronomasiac

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

Questions about paronomasiacs

What is paronomasiacs the plural of?
Paronomasiacs is the plural of paronomasiac.

Words near paronomasiacs in the dictionary

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

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