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a) Referring to something by its polar extremes.b) Referring to something by a list of its parts.
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merism — (n.) 1894 in biological sense repetition of parts in living things; earlier in rhetoric, synecdoche in which totality is expressed by contrasting parts (e.g. high and low, young and old); from Mod.L. merismus, from Gk. merismos a dividing,… … Etymology dictionary
Merism — In rhetoric, a merism is a figure of speech by which a single thing is referred to by a conventional phrase that enumerates several of its parts, or which lists several synonyms for the same thing. Merisms also figure in a number of familiar… … Wikipedia
-merism — noun combining form Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek meros part more at merit possession of (such) an arrangement of or relation among constituent chemical units < tautomerism > … New Collegiate Dictionary
merism — mer·ism (merґiz əm) [Gr. meros a part] the repetition of parts in an organism so as to form a regular pattern. meristic adj … Medical dictionary
merism — o, *us (G). A division … Dictionary of word roots and combining forms
-merism — mer·ism … English syllables
merism — mer·ism … English syllables
-merism — məˌrizəm noun combining form ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mer + ism 1. : possession of a (specified) association of substances in chemical compounds isomerism t … Useful english dictionary
merism — I. ˈmeˌrizəm noun ( s) Etymology: mer (III) + ism biology : a repetition of homologous parts compare metamerism II. noun … Useful english dictionary
RIGHT AND LEFT — (right: Heb. יָמִין; Akk. imnu, imittu; Ugaritic, ymn; left: Heb. שְׂמֹאל; Akk. šumēlu; Ugaritic, (u)šmʾal; and common Semitic). The biblical usages of right and left are basically fourfold: right as opposed to left; directions (cardinal points); … Encyclopedia of Judaism
