Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bicolon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bi-colon
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first

Etymology

From bi- + colon. Piecewise doublet of dicolon.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bi

Inflected Forms

bicolons (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

tricolon

Questions

What does bicolon mean?: A pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first
Where does bicolon come from?: From bi- + colon. Piecewise doublet of dicolon.

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