paregmenon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek.
Noun[edit]
paregmenon (plural paregmena or paregmenons)
- (rhetoric) The juxtaposition of words that have the same roots; using cognate words together, such as "curvaceous curves", "my loving and beloved wife", or "he's a manly man".
References[edit]
- Paragmenon, Webster's Online Dictionary. 2007.