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Definition of merism:
(n) :
(literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
(n) :
(literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.
Definition of merism:
(n) :
(literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
(n) :
(literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.