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tricolon crescens

tricolon crescens noun: a "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part.

Noun

tricolon crescens (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rhetoric) A "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part

Antonyms of tricolon crescens

Origin of tricolon crescens

From tricolon (“a rhetorical device”) and Latin crēscēns (“increasing, growing, rising”).

Questions about tricolon crescens

What does tricolon crescens mean?
Tricolon crescens means a "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part.
What part of speech is tricolon crescens?
Tricolon crescens is a noun.

Words near tricolon crescens in the dictionary

  1. tricoherence
  2. tricola
  3. tricolette
  4. tricolettes
  5. tricolon
  6. tricolon crescens
  7. tricolon diminuens
  8. tricolonic
  9. tricolons
  10. tricolor
  11. tricolor shark

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