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parembole

parembole noun: a kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period.

Noun

parembole (plural paremboles)

  1. (rhetoric) A kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period.

Forms of parembole

pluralparemboles

Origin of parembole

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρεμβολή (parembolḗ, “throwing in”).

Questions about parembole

What does parembole mean?
Parembole means a kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period.
What part of speech is parembole?
Parembole is a noun.
What is the plural of parembole?
The plural of parembole is paremboles.

Words near parembole in the dictionary

  1. parelii
  2. parelius
  3. Parell
  4. parelle
  5. Paremata
  6. parembole
  7. paremboles
  8. paremiographer
  9. paremiographers
  10. paremiographic
  11. paremiography

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