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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
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))
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"Get together like brothers, and work together like strangers." (Arabic proverb)
"Don't sell the fur before shooting the bear." (Danish proverb)