Isocolon
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables. rhetoric
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσόκωλον (isókōlon), neuter of ἰσόκωλος (isókōlos), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and κῶλον (kôlon, “member, clause”). By surface analysis, iso- + colon.
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