Meaning of rhopalic | Babel Free

Definitions

Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.

rhetoric

Equivalents

Examples

“Soapy fired off a rhopalic sentence, that is, one in which each word is one letter longer than the word that precedes it: "I am the only dummy player, perhaps, planning maneuvers calculated brilliantly, nevertheless outstandingly pachydermatous, notwithstanding unconstitutional unprofessionalism."”

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