parelcon

Figure Name parelcon
Source Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm); Peacham (1577) F3r ; JG Smith (1665) ("parelcon")
Earliest Source None
Synonyms paragoge
Etymology from Gk. parelkein, "to draw along, spin out, prolong"
Type Trope
Linguistic Domain Semantic
Definition

1. The use of redundant or superfluous terms. Often the use of two words in lieu of one.
2. A synonym for paragoge. (Silva Rhetoricae)

3. Prolonging: a figure when a syllable or whole word is added to another in the end of it, &c.; PARELCON, protractio, protraction, or prolonging; derived from [parelco] potraho, to protract or prolong. A figure when a syllable, or whole word is added to another in the end of it. (JG Smith)

Example

Kind Of Repetition
Part Of
Related Figures tautologia
Notes JG Smith has a separate entry for "paragoge". - Nike
Confidence Unconfident
Last Editor Nike Abbott
Confidence Unconfident
Editorial Notes
Reviewed No