paregmenon
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prettygoodwordparegmenon (puh-REG-muh-non) - n., (rhet.) the juxtaposition of words with a common root.
As in "sense and sensibility," "the wisdom of the wise," or "a manly man." Note that paregmenon is often, but not always polyptoton, or the repetition of the same word in two grammatical forms -- of the three examples, only the last is also polyptoton. Like most rhetorical terms, borrowed from Greek, in this case in the 16th century from paregménon, derived, which is the neuter of perfect passive past participle of parágein, to bring side by side, to derive.
---L.
As in "sense and sensibility," "the wisdom of the wise," or "a manly man." Note that paregmenon is often, but not always polyptoton, or the repetition of the same word in two grammatical forms -- of the three examples, only the last is also polyptoton. Like most rhetorical terms, borrowed from Greek, in this case in the 16th century from paregménon, derived, which is the neuter of perfect passive past participle of parágein, to bring side by side, to derive.
---L.
