"cataplexis" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from καταπλήσσω (kataplḗssō, “to strike down”), from κατα- (kata-, “down”) (see cata-) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”).",
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          "text": "In III.v's [sc. Ben Jonson's Epicoene] final sixty lines, Morose and Truewit wish calamity on Cutbeard: 'May he get the itch, and his shop so lousy as no man dare come at him' (III.v.70-71). They focus half of their cataplexis on Cutbeard's body, which they hope will develop blotches and gout, and the other half on the objects of his trade.",
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        "A rhetorical device in which a threat of retribution (especially of divine punishment) is made in response to wrongdoing."
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        "(rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a threat of retribution (especially of divine punishment) is made in response to wrongdoing."
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