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ploce
noun
Rhetoric. the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: 鈥淚 am that I am.鈥�
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The uncommon English rhetorical term ploce comes via Late Latin 辫濒辞肠脓 from Greek 辫濒辞办岣�, a noun with many meanings: 鈥渢wining, twisting, braid; complication (of a dramatic plot); construction (of a syllogism); web, web of deceit; (in biology) histological structure; (in rhetoric) repetition of the same word in close succession in a slightly different sense or for emphasis鈥� (e.g., 鈥淎 man should act like a man鈥�). Greek 辫濒辞办岣� comes from the verb 辫濒茅办别颈苍 鈥渢o weave, braid, twine,鈥� from the Proto-Indo-European root plek-, plok-, source of Latin 辫濒颈肠腻谤别 鈥渢o fold, bend, roll, twine鈥� and the combining form -plex, used in forming numerals, e.g. simplex, duplex, triplex (equivalent to English -fold). The Proto-Indo-European neuter noun ploksom becomes flahsam in Germanic and flax in English. In Slavic (Polish), plek- forms the verb 辫濒别艣膰 鈥渢o plait, weave.鈥� Ploce entered English in the 16th century.
how is ploce used?
Ploce is the repetition of the same word under different forms or with different meanings in the same sentence…. as–“Judge not, that ye be not judged.”
There he found examples of such figures or tropes as synechdoche, metonymy, meiosis, amplification, ploce, polyptoton, etc., all designed to enhance the style of the would-be poet and preacher.
cryonaut
noun
a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
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The rare noun cryonaut derives clearly and simply from the Greek nouns 办谤媒辞蝉 鈥渋cy cold鈥� and 苍补煤迟脓蝉 鈥渟补颈濒辞谤.鈥� 碍谤媒辞蝉 comes from the Proto-Indo-European root kreus-, krus- 鈥渢o freeze, form a crust,鈥� from which Greek also derives 办谤媒蝉迟补濒濒辞蝉 鈥渋ce鈥� (English crystal). Krus- is also the source of Latin crusta 鈥渁 hard covering, scab, crust.鈥� 狈补煤迟脓蝉 is a derivative of the noun 苍补没蝉 鈥渟丑颈辫,鈥� from the same Proto-Indo-European source as Latin 苍腻惫颈蝉 鈥渟丑颈辫,鈥� nauta 鈥渟ailor,鈥� and 苍腻惫颈驳腻谤别 鈥渢ravel by ship.鈥� Cryonaut entered English in the 20th century.
how is cryonaut used?
… cryonics … has now been around for 60 years, since the death of retired psychology professor James H. Bedford. Alcor, the company that still has his body in a frozen chamber, calls him the first 鈥�cryonaut.鈥�
For the moment, preservation is a pricey proposition, largely because each “cryonaut” must set aside enough capital to pay for maintenance indefinitely out of interest alone.
thunderstone
noun
any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
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Thunderstone in the sense 鈥渢hunderbolt鈥� dates from the end of the 16th century; the sense 鈥渟tone or fossil鈥� dates from the late 17th century.
how is thunderstone used?
Palta might not be hidden from the sky; thus the sacred thunder-stone of Terminus at Rome stood under a hole in the roof of Jupiter’s temple …
In Germany until the early 20th century people believed in the magic properties of the devil’s fingers, known also as catstones, thunderstones, wombstones or even candles of the dead. According to ancient lore these strange stones are falling from the sky and witches can use them to cause thunderstorms.