paronomasia

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The Roman orators Cicero and Quintilian believed that "paronomasia", the Greek term for punning, was a sign of intellectual suppleness and rhetorical skill.

From BBC

The investment mania was interrupted by the financial crisis; the paronomasia seems unstoppable.

From Economist

The only grounds for this theory are the easiness of the Greek style and the paronomasia in iv.

From Project Gutenberg

"It is a perversion of the text," said the eager Henry Warden, "grounded on a vain play upon words—a most idle paronomasia."

From Project Gutenberg