paregmenon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek.
Noun
[edit]paregmenon (plural paregmena or paregmenons)
- (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".
References
[edit]- Paragmenon, Webster's Online Dictionary. 2007.