Word of the Day: Paregmenon

Paregmenon (noun)
The juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”

Origin

Paregmenon comes from the Greek word parēgménon meaning “to bring side by side.”

Quotes

Although as artificial as his use of traductio, this use of paregmenon at least reveals Sidney’s ingenuity and wit.
— Sherod M. Cooper, The Sonnets of Astrophel and Stella



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