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parelcon

parelcon noun: a form of redundancy involving the addition of a syllable, particle, or another word, to the end of a word.

Noun

parelcon

  1. (archaic, rhetoric) A form of redundancy involving the addition of a syllable, particle, or another word, to the end of a word.

Origin of parelcon

From Ancient Greek παρέλκων (parélkōn), from παρέλκω (parélkō, “to draw aside, to be redundant”), from ἕλκω (hélkō).

Questions about parelcon

What does parelcon mean?
Parelcon means a form of redundancy involving the addition of a syllable, particle, or another word, to the end of a word.
What part of speech is parelcon?
Parelcon is a noun.

Words near parelcon in the dictionary

  1. Pareja
  2. Parejas
  3. Parekh
  4. Parekhs
  5. Parel
  6. parelcon
  7. parelectronomic
  8. parelectronomy
  9. Pareles
  10. parelii
  11. parelius

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