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.

Related terms

• paronomasia
• paronomasic
• paronomastic