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hysterosis

hysterosis noun: a hysteron proteron; hysterology.

Noun

hysterosis (plural hysteroses)

  1. (obsolete, rhetoric) A hysteron proteron; hysterology.
    • Theſe ſimilitudes wherevnto God likeneth himſelfe, they are partlie in repect^([sic]) of his Church and children: and partlie in reſpect of the wicked.
      And that we may by an hyſteroſis beginne firſt with thoſe that concerne the wicked: […]1606, Robert Allen, The Doctrine of the Gospel, London: […] Thomas Creede, page 85

Forms of hysterosis

pluralhysteroses

Origin of hysterosis

From hystero- + -sis.

Questions about hysterosis

What does hysterosis mean?
Hysterosis means a hysteron proteron; hysterology.
What part of speech is hysterosis?
Hysterosis is a noun.
What is the plural of hysterosis?
The plural of hysterosis is hysteroses.

Words near hysterosis in the dictionary

  1. hysteroscopies
  2. hysteroscopist
  3. hysteroscopists
  4. hysteroscopy
  5. hysteroses
  6. hysterosis
  7. hysterosoma
  8. hysterosomal
  9. hysterosomata
  10. hysterosonographic
  11. hysterosonographically

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