punnology

English

Alternative forms

• punology

Etymology

pun +‎ -ology

Noun

punnology (uncountable)

1. The art or practice of punning; paronomasia.
   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:

     he might have been better instructed in the Greek punnology

   • 2001, Sarah Stanbury, Pearl:

     Far from restricting or confining meaning, Pearl's elaborate form allows the fullest play of its punnology