English Explanatory Dictionary

tricolon crescens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tricolon crescens

Etymology

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

Antonyms

tricolon diminuens
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