catacosmesis

noun — 3 senses

noun

Etymology From the Latin form of the Ancient Greek κατακόσμησις (katakósmēsis, “arrangement”).

› A rhetorical device in which a series is…

Rhetoric A descending order from best, greatest, etc. to worst, lowest, etc.

Rhetoric A chronological order from first to last.

Obsolete, Rhetoric An ascending order from worst, lowest, etc. to best, greatest, etc; a climax.

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