† paroˈnomasy Obs.
Also 7 erron. paran-.
[a. F. paronomasie (1557 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
= paronomasia.
| 1601 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i, A kind of paranomasie, or agnomination. a 1677 Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 I. 142 Some elegant figures and tropes of rhetorick..paronomasies, oxymorons and the like, frequently used by the best speakers. |