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paronomasia
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pun.

(Of thelat.)pun, and East of theg pa?(do µas? to).

1. f. resemblance between two or more words that are not different but with the vowels punctuated on each of them; e.g., gaming and azor; Lake, lego and Lugo, jácara and jicara.

2. f. similarity of different class together with other words; e.g., adapting and take; pavement and steel. Mars and martyr.

3. f. set of two or more words that form pun.

4. f. Ret. Figure consisting of placing next in the sentence two words similar in sound but different in meaning, such as door and port; secret of two and secreto de Dios.











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