Etymology

synathroesmus

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Today it means: Piling up of terms, especially adjectives, often as invective. Full definition →

Ancient Greek συναθροισμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσυναθροισμός“collection, union, rhetorical grouping of diverse words”
  2. English todaysynathroesmus

From Latin, from Ancient Greek συναθροισμός (sunathroismós, “collection, union, rhetorical grouping of diverse words”).

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