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appositio

appositio noun: addition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation.

Noun

appositio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Addition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation.

Origin of appositio

Borrowed from Latin appositiō.

Questions about appositio

What does appositio mean?
Appositio means addition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation.
What part of speech is appositio?
Appositio is a noun.

Words near appositio in the dictionary

  1. apposite
  2. appositely
  3. appositeness
  4. appositenesses
  5. apposites
  6. appositio
  7. apposition
  8. appositional
  9. appositionally
  10. appositionals
  11. appositioned

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