Meanings
nounappositio (uncountable)
- rhetoricuncountableAddition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
- Proto-Italic*po
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
- Proto-Italic*sinō
- Proto-Italic*pozinō
- Latinpōnō
- Latinappōnō
- Latinappositiō
- Englishappositio
Borrowed from Latin appositiō.
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APA
appositio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appositio
MLA
“appositio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appositio. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appositio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appositio.
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