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English
Etymology
From Latin rhopalicus, from Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club, bat”).
Adjective
rhopalic (comparative more rhopalic, superlative most rhopalic)
- (poetry, rhetoric) Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.
1986 October 26, Alan Truscott, “Talking About Behavior”, in The New York Times: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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Noun
rhopalic (plural rhopalics)
- A rhopalic poem.
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