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plays of words

plays of words is the plural of play of words.

Meaning of play of words

Noun

play of words (plural plays of words)

  1. (rhetoric) The ordering of words in a text, speech, etc., taking regard for both the individual words (their meanings, sounds, etc.) and the interplay between them.
    • Great is Diana of the Epheſians, and great is the uſe of the word Church, when good Crafts-maſters have the handling of it; and of all Men thoſe of Rome have ſucceeded beſt at this play of words.1683, William Atwood, Three Letters to Dr. Sherlock Concerning Church-communion, Jonathan Robinson, page 16

Questions about plays of words

What is plays of words the plural of?
Plays of words is the plural of play of words.

Words near plays of words in the dictionary

  1. plays merry hell with
  2. plays nice
  3. plays Nostradamus
  4. plays number two
  5. plays of color
  6. plays of words
  7. plays off
  8. plays Old Gooseberry
  9. plays Old Harry
  10. plays Old Harry with
  11. plays on

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