Definition
An antanaclasis is a pun in which a word is repeated with a different meaning each time.
Examples
(English)
Your argument is sound, nothing but sound.
(Benjamin Franklin)
Sources 1
- Corbett 1971, 482
Glossary term A
Glossary term A
An antanaclasis is a pun in which a word is repeated with a different meaning each time.
(English)
Your argument is sound, nothing but sound.
(Benjamin Franklin)