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pataphors

pataphors is the plural of pataphor.

Meaning of pataphor

Noun

pataphor (plural pataphors)

  1. (rhetoric) a figure of speech that transcends the original context and creates a secondary reality independent of the original context.

Questions about pataphors

What is pataphors the plural of?
Pataphors is the plural of pataphor.

Words near pataphors in the dictionary

  1. Patanes
  2. Patani
  3. Patao
  4. Pataos
  5. pataphor
  6. pataphors
  7. pataphysical
  8. pataphysicalities
  9. pataphysicality
  10. pataphysically
  11. pataphysician

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