Definitions from Wiktionary (merism)
▸ noun: (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
▸ noun: (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.
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▸ noun: (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
▸ noun: (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.
Similar:
nemesis,
agnomination,
paronomasia,
anthimeria,
metalepsis,
asteismus,
pheneme,
polyseme,
periphrasis,
parimion,
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