| Figure Name | scesis onomaton |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm) |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | schesis onomaton |
| Etymology | None |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Lexicographic Syntactic |
| Definition |
1. A sentence constructed only of nouns and adjectives (typically in a regular pattern). |
| Example |
A man faithful in friendship, prudent in counsels, virtuous in conversation, gentle in communication, learned in all liberal sciences, eloquent in utterance, comely in gesture, an enemy to naughtiness, and a lover of all virtue and godliness. —Peacham |
| Kind Of | Series |
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| Confidence | Confident |
| Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | Yes |
| Reviewer | Ashley Rose Kelly |