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Definition of paregmenon - 1 dictionary result

pa⋅reg⋅me⋅non

[puh-reg-muh-non]
–noun Rhetoric.
the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”

Origin:
1670–80; < Gk parēgménon derived, neut. of perf. pass. ptp. of parágein to bring side by side, derive. See par-, paragon
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