PARAGOGE


Meaning of PARAGOGE in English

— paragogic /par'euh goj"ik/ , paragogical , adj. — paragogically , adv.

/par'euh goh"jee/ , n.

the addition of a sound or group of sounds at the end of a word, as in the nonstandard pronunciation of height as height-th or once as once-t.

[ 1650-60; paragoge addition to a word, lengthening of a word paragogé a leading by, alteration, change, deriv. of parágein to lead by, past. See PARA- 1 , -AGOGUE ]

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