单词 | parelcon |
释义 | † parelconn. Grammar and Rhetoric. Obsolete. The use of two words where one would normally stand; the addition of superfluous words. Also: the addition of an extra syllable to the end of a word. ΚΠ 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 144 And it [sc. the particle sis] is moche vsed for an aduerbe of exhortynge, or elles otherwhyles for a voyce expletiue, soo that it be parelcon. 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Fiii Parelcon, when a sillable is added to the ende of a worde, or when two wordes are ioyned together in one. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 177 Parelcon... A figure when a syllable, or whole word is added to another in the end of it. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Parelcon, Protraction, a figure wherein a word or syllable is added to the end of another, as Numnam, Etiamnum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1534 |
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