Paronomasia

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.

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paronomasia
părŏnŏmăsĭa, ae, f., = παρονομασία, a figure of speech (pure Lat. agnominatio), Rutil. Lup. 1, 3,...

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