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A form of wordplay in which phonetically similar words are juxtaposed.

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adnomination

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adnomination

uncountable

A form of wordplay in which phonetically similar words are juxtaposed.

Japanese Meaning

音声的に似た単語を並べる言葉遊びの一形態

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The poet used adnomination to pair the words 'scent' and 'sent' and create a playful echo in the stanza.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

詩人は、音が似ている語を並べる言葉遊びを用いて、「scent」と「sent」を組にして節に遊び心のある響きを生み出した。

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A form of wordplay in which phonetically similar words are juxtaposed.

The flurry of adnomination (varying a "root" term with prefixes and suffixes, as "luminous," by a kind of home etymology, is turned into "voluminous") — this flurry of punning settles into a joke out of a farce...

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