English Explanatory Dictionary

rhopalic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.
noun
  1. A rhopalic poem.

Word forms

rhopalic more rhopalic most rhopalic rhopalics

Etymology

From Latin rhopalicus, from Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club, bat”).

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