tricolon crescens

English

noun
Definitions
  • (rhetoric) A "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēscēns (increasing, growing, rising).

Origin

Latin

crēscēns

Gloss

increasing, growing, rising

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