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parisosis

parisosis noun: the arrangement of corresponding clauses of a sentence so that they are of the same length.

Noun

parisosis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The arrangement of corresponding clauses of a sentence so that they are of the same length.

Questions about parisosis

What does parisosis mean?
Parisosis means the arrangement of corresponding clauses of a sentence so that they are of the same length.
What part of speech is parisosis?
Parisosis is a noun.

Words near parisosis in the dictionary

  1. parisology
  2. parisoma
  3. parisomas
  4. parison
  5. parisons
  6. parisosis
  7. Parissi
  8. Paristan
  9. paristhmia
  10. paristhmic
  11. paristhmion

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