merism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μερισμός (merismós).

Noun

merism (countable and uncountable, plural merisms)

1. (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
2. (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.

Translations

enumeration

• French: mérisme (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Simmer, mimers, simmer