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isocolon

isocolon noun: a rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables.

Noun

isocolon (plural isocolons or isocola)

  1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables.

Forms of isocolon

pluralisocolons
pluralisocola

Origin of isocolon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσόκωλον (isókōlon), neuter of ἰσόκωλος (isókōlos), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and κῶλον (kôlon, “member, clause”). By surface analysis, iso- + colon.

Questions about isocolon

What does isocolon mean?
Isocolon means a rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables.
What part of speech is isocolon?
Isocolon is a noun.
What is the plural of isocolon?
The plural of isocolon is isocolons.

Words near isocolon in the dictionary

  1. isocolchicinoid
  2. isocolchicinoids
  3. isocolic
  4. isocolloid
  5. isocolloids
  6. isocolon
  7. isocolons
  8. isoconazole
  9. isoconfertic
  10. isoconfigurational
  11. isoconic

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