paronomasiac

English

Noun

paronomasiac (plural paronomasiacs)

  1. One addicted to word play or puns.
    • 2004, Spider Robinson, Off The Wall At Callahan's, Macmillan, page 9,
      Punning, and competition therein, was encouraged—nay, actively abetted—by Callahan, himself a hopeless and utterly shameless paronomasiac.
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