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acervatio

acervatio noun: departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.

Noun

acervatio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.

Origin of acervatio

From Latin acervātiō (“heaping up”), from acervō (“heap up”) + -ātiō. Doublet of acervation.

Questions about acervatio

What does acervatio mean?
Acervatio means departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.
What part of speech is acervatio?
Acervatio is a noun.

Words near acervatio in the dictionary

  1. acervate
  2. acervated
  3. acervately
  4. acervates
  5. acervating
  6. acervatio
  7. acervation
  8. acervations
  9. acervative
  10. acervular
  11. acervulate

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