2. Noun. (literature rhetoric) Referring to something by a list of its parts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merism
1. repetition of parts [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merism
Literary usage of Merism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mental Alchemy; a Treatise on the Mind, Nervous System, Psychology by B. Brown Williams (1852)
"Practice of Magnetism and Mes' merism—A Card—Dr. Esdale—>The Effects of these
Conditions upon the System. THE state of the nervous system making the ..."
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