Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parembole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parem-bole
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρεμβολή (parembolḗ, “throwing in”).

Inflected Forms

paremboles (plural)

Questions

What does parembole mean?: A kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period.
Where does parembole come from?: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρεμβολή (parembolḗ, “throwing in”).

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