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polyptotons

polyptotons is the plural of polyptoton.

Meaning of polyptoton

Noun

polyptoton (countable and uncountable, plural polyptota or polyptotons)

  1. (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.
    • A Polyptoton still the same word places,
      If sense require it, in two different cases.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Polyptoton.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 84

Questions about polyptotons

What is polyptotons the plural of?
Polyptotons is the plural of polyptoton.

Words near polyptotons in the dictionary

  1. polyptota
  2. polyptote
  3. polyptotes
  4. polyptoton
  5. polyptotonic
  6. polyptotons
  7. polyptych
  8. polyptychs
  9. polypurine
  10. polypurines
  11. polypurinic

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