"tricolon crescens" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From tricolon (“three-limbed”) and Latin crēscēns (“increasing, growing, rising”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|crēscēns|t=increasing, growing, rising}} Latin crēscēns (“increasing, growing, rising”) Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} tricolon crescens (plural not attested)
  1. (rhetoric) A "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part Tags: no-plural, rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric
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