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erotemas

erotemas is the plural of erotema.

Meaning of erotema

Noun

erotema (countable and uncountable, plural erotemas or erotemata)

  1. (rhetoric) The rhetorical use of questions, especially questions which strongly imply their own answer.
    • Since the simple question, though technically erotema, is scarcely a figure however, I leave it out of the discussion.1939, Peter MacNaughton Miller, The Rhetoric of Sidney's Arcadia, page 206

Questions about erotemas

What is erotemas the plural of?
Erotemas is the plural of erotema.

Words near erotemas in the dictionary

  1. erosiveness
  2. erosivities
  3. erosivity
  4. erostrate
  5. erotema
  6. erotemas
  7. erotemata
  8. erotematic
  9. erotematic method
  10. eroteme
  11. erotemes

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