annomination

Etymology

From Latin annominatio. See agnomination.

annomination means paronomasia; punning. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “annomination” is a great word

ANNOMINATION — [Noun] A rhetorical device encompassing wordplay such as paronomasia (punning) or, in a more specific sense, alliteration. From Latin annominatio ("a playing upon names, wordplay"), itself from ad- ("to, upon") and nominatio ("a naming"). Unlike "paronomasia," which specifically denotes a pun on words that sound alike, or "alliteration," which strictly denotes the repetition of initial consonant sounds, annomination is the older, more capacious term for the craft of sonic and semantic echo. It is the percussive clatter of "Peter Piper picked a peck," the sly pivot where "time" reveals "thyme," and the weary cadence of a politician's packaged phrase—a fundamental delight in the mischief and music of language itself.

noun

paronomasia; punning
alliteration“Giraldus Cambrensis speaks of Annomination , which he describes to be what we call Alliteration , as the favourite rhetorical figure of both the Welsh and English in his time”