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zeugma
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 83 times
with
27 comments
tricolon
was added by
telofy
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listed 8 times
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0 comments
transplacement
was added by
telofy
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
traductio
was added by
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listed 1 time
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topothesia
was added by
telofy
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listed 1 time
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tmesis
was added by
telofy
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listed 101 times
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10 comments
tautologia
was added by
telofy
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
tapinosis
was added by
telofy
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listed 3 times
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systole
was added by
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listed 10 times
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0 comments
syntheton
was added by
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listed 1 time
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synonymia
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listed 2 times
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0 comments
syncrisis
was added by
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
syncope
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 35 times
with
1 comment
synchysis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 7 times
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0 comments
syncategorema
was added by
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listed 1 time
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syncatabasis
was added by
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synaeresis
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telofy
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listed 4 times
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0 comments
symploce
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 13 times
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0 comments
symperasma
was added by
telofy
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
syllogismus
was added by
telofy
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
sustentatio
was added by
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
soraismus
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sententia
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scurra
was added by
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scheme
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listed 18 times
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0 comments
scesis onomaton
was added by
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listed 2 times
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0 comments
sarcasmus
was added by
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0 comments
rhetorical question
was added by
telofy
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listed 5 times
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1 comment
repotia
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
ratiocinatio
was added by
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
prozeugma
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 4 times
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0 comments
proverb
was added by
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listed 12 times
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0 comments
prothesis
was added by
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0 comments
prosonomasia
was added by
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
prosapodosis
was added by
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
proecthesis
was added by
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
procatalepsis
was added by
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0 comments
polysyndeton
was added by
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listed 18 times
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5 comments
polyptoton
was added by
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listed 13 times
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5 comments
personification
was added by
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0 comments
peristasis
was added by
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listed 1 time
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0 comments
periphrasis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 23 times
with
1 comment
period
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 13 times
with
8 comments
periergia
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
pathopoeia
was added by
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listed 4 times
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1 comment
paronomasia
was added by
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listed 35 times
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5 comments
paromoiosis
was added by
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and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
parenthesis
was added by
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listed 18 times
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0 comments
parelcon
was added by
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0 comments
paralipsis
was added by
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and has been
listed 9 times
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1 comment
paraenesis
was added by
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and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
paradox
was added by
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and has been
listed 113 times
with
0 comments
parabola
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 47 times
with
0 comments
paenismus
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
oxymoron
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 73 times
with
8 comments
optatio
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
ominatio
was added by
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and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
noema
was added by
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listed 5 times
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0 comments
metonymy
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 109 times
with
3 comments
metastasis
was added by
telofy
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listed 12 times
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0 comments
metallage
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 2 times
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3 comments
metalepsis
was added by
telofy
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listed 8 times
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0 comments
mesozeugma
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 3 times
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0 comments
mempsis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
meiosis
was added by
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listed 20 times
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1 comment
litotes
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 58 times
with
3 comments
insinuatio
was added by
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and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
indignatio
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
icon
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 22 times
with
0 comments
hypozeugma
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 4 times
with
0 comments
homoeoprophoron
was added by
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and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
heterogenium
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
example
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 6 times
with
5 comments
epizeuxis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 14 times
with
2 comments
ecthlipsis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
conversio
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
consonance
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 16 times
with
0 comments
bomphiologia
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 2 times
with
1 comment
verborum bombus
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 2 times
with
1 comment
transitio
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
topographia
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
thaumasmus
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
taxis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 3 times
with
0 comments
tasis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
systrophe
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
synzeugma
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
synthesis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 24 times
with
1 comment
synoeciosis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 3 times
with
1 comment
synecdoche
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 171 times
with
6 comments
synchoresis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
synathroesmus
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 2 times
with
0 comments
syllepsis
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 35 times
with
0 comments
subjectio
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
sorites
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 4 times
with
0 comments
solecismus
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
with
0 comments
simile
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 26 times
with
17 comments
sermocinatio
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
skotison
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 2 times
with
0 comments
schematismus
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 2 times
with
1 comment
restrictio
was added by
telofy
and has been
listed 1 time
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0 comments
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