Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tricolon crescens

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tri-colon crescens
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part

Etymology

From tricolon (“a rhetorical device”) and Latin crēscēns (“increasing, growing, rising”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: crēscēns

Antonyms

tricolon diminuens

Questions

What does tricolon crescens mean?: A "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part
Where does tricolon crescens come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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