synathroesmus

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noun

Piling up of terms, especially adjectives, often as invective.

OriginAncient Greek συναθροισμός →
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Meanings

nounsynathroesmus (uncountable)

alternative synathrœsmus

  1. rhetoricuncountablePiling up of terms, especially adjectives, often as invective.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσυναθροισμός“collection, union, rhetorical grouping of diverse words”
  2. Englishsynathroesmus

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

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