Definitions For Merism

Noun

MERISM. (countable and uncountable, plural MERISMs) (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low". (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.

Translations

French: mérisme, m

Etymology

From {{der, en, grc, μερισμός}}. Compare μέρος, t=part. {{examples, sense=list of parts, examples=lock, stock, and barrel (the whole gun)
signed, sealed, and delivered (the whole process of communicating)}}

Anagrams

Simmer, mimers, simmer