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

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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