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Definition of Paragram
1. n. A pun.
Definition of Paragram
1. Noun. A play upon words; a pun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paragram
1. a play on words [n -S]
Medical Definition of Paragram
1. A pun. "Puns, which he calls paragrams." (Addison) Origin: Gr. That which one writes beside. See Paragraph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paragram
Literary usage of Paragram
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1878)
"Since the Deacon told that story I have had a paragram about another parrot; one
that lived ... That's what the paragram says. Stop—let me think a moment. ..."
2. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"THE meaning of paragram is a play upon words, otherwise a pun, ... The word
paragram may further be explained as a word or phrase which admits of a double ..."
3. The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends, with remarks by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1778)
"... paragram ', or fome arch and unexpected turn * ; in a word, ... beyond cbc
truth : as a paragram is a ..."
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