Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pun; a play on words.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pun .
Etymologies
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Named for a character in German folk tales.
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Examples
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He was most capital company, rolling out perpetual jokes and _calembour_, and bubbling over with exuberant _joie de vivre_.
Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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a clumsy thing compared to the finesse of a neatly-turned French calembour.
The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
qms commented on the word calembour
Mercutio was funny and ribald
Till stilled by the sinister Tybalt.
A wit's end for sure,
To spew calembour
As enemies fatally quibbled.
March 19, 2016