tricolon
nounEtymology From tri- + colon.
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The symbol ⟨⁝⟩, a colon with three dots instead of two.
tricolon
nounEtymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τρικωλον (trikōlon), neuter of τρικωλος (trikōlos, “having three parts”). By surface analysis, tri- + colon.
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Rhetoric A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.
- By my count, that’s three tricolons in just over 100 words. It’s almost impossible to make A.I. stop saying “It’s not X, it’s Y” — unless you tell it to write a story, in which case it’ll drop the format for a more literary “No X. No Y. Just Z.”2025 December 3, Sam Kriss, “Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:
- Derived terms
- tricolon crescens, tricolon diminuens