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antisthecon

antisthecon noun: the changing of a sound in a word for effect, or to force a rhyme; a metaplasmic substitution.

Noun

antisthecon

  1. (rhetoric) The changing of a sound in a word for effect, or to force a rhyme; a metaplasmic substitution.

Questions about antisthecon

What does antisthecon mean?
Antisthecon means the changing of a sound in a word for effect, or to force a rhyme; a metaplasmic substitution.
What part of speech is antisthecon?
Antisthecon is a noun.

Words near antisthecon in the dictionary

  1. antisterinos
  2. antisteroid
  3. antisteroidal
  4. antisteroidogenic
  5. antistes
  6. antisthecon
  7. Antisthenean
  8. Antisthenes
  9. Antisthenian
  10. antistick
  11. antisticking

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