paregmenonn.
/pəˈrɛɡmᵻnɒn/, /pəˈrɛɡmᵻnən/, U.S. /pəˈrɛɡməˌnɑn/ Rhetoric.
A rhetorical technique by which a word is used immediately next to another word from which it is derived. Cf. polyptoton n.
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1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. K2 Paregmenon, when of the word going before, the word following is deryued.
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 230 Sometimes there is a double Paregmenon in one sentence as, He wished rather to die a present death, then to live in the misery of life.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Paregmenon..in Rhetorick, is a Figure in which are words conjoyned, which are derived one of another, as Discreet, Discretion.
1820 J. Trumbull Poet. Wks. II. i. 20 What mighty nothings stun the ear! Athroismos, Mesoteleuton, Symploce and Paregmenon!
1935 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 56 418 Part III deals with rhetorical figures—anadiplosis, paregmenon, figura etymologica, antithesis, etc.
1967 F. G. A. M. Aarts Pater Noster of Richard Ermyte p. lxxxvii Among the figures that are found most frequently are anaphora, antistrophe, exoche, anadiplosis and paregmenon.
1985 Hispanic Rev. 53 175 This is paregmenon, a play on the derivatives of words.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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