PAREGMENON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paregmenon mean? 

• PAREGMENON (noun)
  The noun PAREGMENON has 1 sense:

1. juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in 'sense and sensibility')

  Familiarity information: PAREGMENON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAREGMENON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in 'sense and sensibility')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paregmenon" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))