parison
1 of 2noun (1)
par·ison
ˈparəˌsän
plural -s
: even balance between the members of a sentence
parisonic adjective
¦⸗⸗¦sänik
parison
2 of 2noun (2)
par·i·son
ˈparəsən
variants or less commonly paraison
",
-rəˌzän
plural -s
1
: a gob of glass that has been partially shaped or molded into an object
2
: a receptacle in a bottle-making machine from which the exact amount of metal for making a bottle is fed down
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Greek, neuter of parisos almost equal, evenly balanced, from par- para- entry 1 + isos equal
Noun (2)
French paraison, from parer to prepare
- selenous
- selensulfur
- seleuci
- Seleucia
- seleucia pieria
- seleucia tracheotis
- Seleucid
- seleucids
- Seleucus I Nicator
- seleucuses
- seleucusses
- self
- self blue
- self-aban
- self-abandoned
- self-abandonment
- self-abasement
- self-abasements
- self-abnegating
- self-abnegation
- self-abnegations
- self-absorbed
- self-absorption
- self-abuse
- self-ac