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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