"rhopalic" meaning in All languages combined

See rhopalic on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more rhopalic [comparative], most rhopalic [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin rhopalicus, from Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club, bat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|rhopalicus}} Latin rhopalicus, {{der|en|grc|ῥόπαλον|t=club, bat}} Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club, bat”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} rhopalic (comparative more rhopalic, superlative most rhopalic)
  1. (poetry, rhetoric) Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Poetry, Rhetoric Translations (increasing): rhopalique (French)
    Sense id: en-rhopalic-en-adj-Lc3c4vuY Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

Noun [English]

Forms: rhopalics [plural]
Etymology: From Latin rhopalicus, from Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club, bat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|rhopalicus}} Latin rhopalicus, {{der|en|grc|ῥόπαλον|t=club, bat}} Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club, bat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rhopalic (plural rhopalics)
  1. A rhopalic poem.
    Sense id: en-rhopalic-en-noun-80jte0HE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 83

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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