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merisms

merisms is the plural of merism.

Meaning of merism

Noun

merism (countable and uncountable, plural merisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
  2. (rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.

Questions about merisms

What is merisms the plural of?
Merisms is the plural of merism.

Words near merisms in the dictionary

  1. merises
  2. merisis
  3. merism
  4. merismatic
  5. merismoid
  6. merisms
  7. merismus
  8. merispore
  9. merispores
  10. Merissa
  11. meristate

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