Definition of Paregmenon

1. Noun. Juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in 'sense and sensibility').

Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device

Definition of Paregmenon

1. Noun. (rhetoric) The juxtaposition of words that have the same roots; using cognate words together, such as ''curvaceous curves''; ''my loving and beloved wife.''; or ''He's a manly man.'' ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paregmenon

pardoner
pardoners
pardoning
pardonless
pardons
pards
pardy
pare
pare down
parecisms
parecon
parectasis
parectropia
pared
paregmenon (current term)
paregmenons
paregoric
paregorick
paregorics
pareidolia
pareidolias
pareidolic
pareiras
parelcon
parelectronomic
parelectronomy
parelius
parella

Literary usage of Paregmenon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tropes and Figures in Anglo-Saxon Prose by James Waddell Tupper (1897)
"... if by derivative forms, paregmenon.4 Both these figures abound in the prose works that have been examined. Owing to the space which a list of all the ..."

2. Philological Studies: With English Illustrations by Josiah Willard Gibbs, Karl Ferdinand Becker (1857)
"... into the same image from glory to glory.' This figure belongs mord especially to inflected languages. as the Latin and Greek. paregmenon, (from Gr. ..."

3. The Elements of Rhetoric by James De Mille (1882)
"paregmenon, which is the use of several words of the same origin : "Judge righteous judgment." " Drops the light drip of the suspended oar."—BYRON. ..."

4. The Might and Mirth of Literature: A Treatise on Figurative Language. In by John Walker Vilant Macbeth (1876)
"... I. paregmenon 291 LXXVIII. Summation 291 LXXIX. Choral Chant 293 LXXX. Echo 297 LXXXI. Redoubled Negation 297 LXXXII. Redoubled Affirmation 298 LXXXIII. ..."

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