"tricolon diminuens" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From tricolon (“a rhetorical device”) and Latin dīminuēns (“decreasing, diminishing”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dīminuēns|t=decreasing, diminishing}} Latin dīminuēns (“decreasing, diminishing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} tricolon diminuens (plural not attested)
  1. (rhetoric) A "diminishing" tricolon, its parts decreasing in magnitude or intensity Tags: no-plural, rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-tricolon_diminuens-en-noun-YYk8eLT1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals

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