tricolon diminuens

noun

A "diminishing" tricolon, its parts decreasing in magnitude or intensity

Opposite
tricolon crescens
OriginLatin dīminuēns →
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Meanings

nountricolon diminuens (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralrhetoricA "diminishing" tricolon, its parts decreasing in magnitude or intensity

    Antonyms: tricolon crescens

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA "diminishing" tricolon, its parts decreasing in magnitude or intensity

Opposite
tricolon crescens

Origin

  1. Latindīminuēns“decreasing, diminishing”
  2. Englishtricolon diminuens

From tricolon (“a rhetorical device”) and Latin dīminuēns (“decreasing, diminishing”).

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