tricolon crescens

noun

A "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part

Opposite
tricolon diminuens
OriginLatin crēscēns →
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Meanings

nountricolon crescens (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralrhetoricA "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part

    Antonyms: tricolon diminuens

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part

Opposite
tricolon diminuens

Origin

  1. Latincrēscēns“increasing, growing, rising”
  2. Englishtricolon crescens

From tricolon (“a rhetorical device”) and Latin crēscēns (“increasing, growing, rising”).

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