punnology

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Etymology[edit]

pun +‎ -ology

Noun[edit]

punnology (uncountable)

  1. The art or practice of punning; paronomasia.
    • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
      he might have been better instructed in the Greek punnology
    • 2001, Sarah Stanbury, Pearl:
      Far from restricting or confining meaning, Pearl's elaborate form allows the fullest play of its punnology
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