isocolon

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noun

A rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables.

OriginAncient Greek ἰσόκωλον →
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Meanings

nounisocolon (plural isocolons or isocola)

plural isocolons · plural isocola

  1. rhetoricA rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἰσόκωλον
  2. Englishisocolon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσόκωλον (isókōlon), neuter of ἰσόκωλος (isókōlos), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and κῶλον (kôlon, “member, clause”). By surface analysis, iso- + colon.

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APA

isocolon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isocolon

MLA

“isocolon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isocolon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “isocolon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isocolon.

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