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Definition of Paronymy
1. n. The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.
Definition of Paronymy
1. Noun. The quality of being paronymous. ¹
2. Noun. The use of paronymous words. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paronymy
1. a relationship of two words having the same sound [n PARONYMIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paronymy
Literary usage of Paronymy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Aristotelian Theory of Comedy: With an Adaptation of the Poetics, and a by Lane Cooper (1922)
"It would simplify matters could we reverse the order of the Tractate under this
category, and say, ' paronymy by subtraction and addition,' since commonly ..."
2. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1898)
"The object of paronymy is to endow anatomic language with nationality without
obscuring ... Limitations to paronymy. — As already admitted with regard to ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... the introducer responsible for the actual or potential Latin antecedent of
such words, in accordance with the usual rules of derivation and paronymy. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... F. SMITH 510 The Progress of paronymy : BUHT G. WILDER 515 The Marine Biological
Laboratory 516 The Generic Names of the Three-toed Echidna : T. 8. ..."
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