MERISM

Etymology

Noun

merism (countable and uncountable, plural merisms)

(literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".

(literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.

Anagrams

• Simmer, mimers, simmer

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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