336. Punning

adnomination

Obsolete, the act of wordplay; punning. Also called agnomination , annomination .

equivocality, equivocacy

the state or quality of being ambiguous in meaning or capable of double interpretation. — equivocal, adj.

equivoque, equivoke

1. an equivocal term or ambiguous expression.

2. a play upon words; pun.

paronomasia

1. Rhetoric. the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound for effect, as humor or ambiguity; punning.

2. a pun. — paronomastic, adj.

punnology

the study of puns and punning. — punnologist, n.