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tricolon diminuens

tricolon diminuens noun: a "diminishing" tricolon, its parts decreasing in magnitude or intensity.

Noun

tricolon diminuens (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rhetoric) A "diminishing" tricolon, its parts decreasing in magnitude or intensity

Antonyms of tricolon diminuens

Origin of tricolon diminuens

From tricolon (“a rhetorical device”) and Latin dīminuēns (“decreasing, diminishing”).

Questions about tricolon diminuens

What does tricolon diminuens mean?
Tricolon diminuens means a "diminishing" tricolon, its parts decreasing in magnitude or intensity.
What part of speech is tricolon diminuens?
Tricolon diminuens is a noun.

Words near tricolon diminuens in the dictionary

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

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