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paragogue

paragogue is the alternative form of paragoge.

Meaning of paragoge

Noun

paragoge (countable and uncountable, plural paragoges)

  1. (rhetoric) The addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.
    Synonyms:
    ecstasis, epithesis

Forms of paragogue

pluralparagogues

Questions about paragogue

What is paragogue the alternative form of?
Paragogue is the alternative form of paragoge.

Words near paragogue in the dictionary

  1. paragoges
  2. paragogic
  3. paragogical
  4. paragogically
  5. paragogies
  6. paragogue
  7. paragogues
  8. paragogy
  9. paragon
  10. paragoned
  11. paragonimiases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paragogue (page history and authors); paragoge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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