Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Wordplay at Work: "Paregmenon"

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A paregmenon is a phrase that repeats words from the same root, like "move and movement." This rhetorical trick comes from Greek. Play with words, but don't overdo the paregmenon — or it'll sound silly and silliest!

WORD OF THE DAY

March 19, 2025

paregmenon

[ puh-reg-muh-non ] noun

the juxtaposition of words that have a common root

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