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synonymiae

synonymiae is the plural of synonymia.

Meaning of synonymia

Noun

synonymia (countable and uncountable, plural synonymiae)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force.
    • At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, […] .2007, Sylvia Adamson, "Synonymia, or in other words", in Anderson, et al., Renaissance figures of speech, page 29
    Synonyms:
    synonymy

Questions about synonymiae

What is synonymiae the plural of?
Synonymiae is the plural of synonymia.

Words near synonymiae in the dictionary

  1. synonymatic
  2. synonyme
  3. synonymed
  4. synonymes
  5. synonymia
  6. synonymiae
  7. synonymic
  8. synonymical
  9. synonymically
  10. synonymicon
  11. synonymicons

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