Etymology

parembole

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Today it means: A kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period. Full definition →

Ancient Greek παρεμβολή
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπαρεμβολή
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπαρεμβολή
  3. English todayparembole

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρεμβολή (parembolḗ, “throwing in”).

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