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9 Letter Words for Prolepsis

prolepsis

8 Letter Words for Prolepsis

leprosis, plerosis, prespoil, propless, slippers, sloppier, spoilers

7 Letter Words for Prolepsis

eslisor, lippers, lispers, loppers, loppier, lorises, lossier, oppress, perosis, pipless, plessor, poisers, popsies, porpess, preloss, propels, prossie, resoils, ripples, rissole, sippers, sipples, slipper, slopers, slopier, soppier, spirole, splores, spoiler

6 Letter Words for Prolepsis

elisor, lessor, lipper, lisper, lopers, lopper, lories, losers, losser, oilers, oriels, osiers, pelops, peplos, pepsis, perils, persio, persis, pilers, pilose, pipers, pisser, pliers, plisse, poesis, poiser, poises, poleis, polers, polies, popess, popsie, posers, posier, posies, posser, possie, preops, proles, propel, proses, reoils, resoil, ripple, rissel, rissle, rosies, seisor, silers, sipers, sipper, sipple, sirple, slipes, sloper, slopes, solers, sopper, sorels, speils, speirs, spiels, spiers, spiler, spiles, spires, spirol, splore, spoils, spores, sproil, sprose

5 Letter Words for Prolepsis

elops, eorls, epris, ireos, isles, leirs, leiss, lerps, liers, lipse, lisps, loess, loipe, loire, loirs, loper, lopes, lores, loris, loser, loses, oiler, olpes, oriel, orles, orsel, osier, pepos, pepsi, peril, peris, perps, pesos, piers, piler, piles, piper, pipes, pirls, pirol, pisos, pleis, plier, plies, pliss, plops, poils, poire, poise, poler, poles, polis, popes, popie, pores, poser, poses, posse, preop, preps, press, pries, priss, prole, props, prose, pross, reoil, repos, repps, riels, riles, ripes, ripps, rises, risps, roils, roles, ropes, rosel, roses, seils, seirs, serio, siler, siles, silos, siper, sipes, sires, sirop, siros, slier, slipe, slips, sloes, slope, slops, slorp, soils, solei, soler, soles, sorel, sores, sosie, speil, speir, speos, spiel, spier, spies, spile, spire, spiro, spise, spoil, spole, spore

4 Letter Words for Prolepsis

eorl, epil, epop, epos, eris, eros, esop, ipse, ipso, ires, irpe, isle, isls, isos, leir, leis, leos, leps, lerp, less, lier, lies, lipe, lips, lire, lisp, liss, loir, lope, lops, lore, lori, lors, lose, loss, oils, oles, olpe, opes, ores, orle, oses, osse, pepo, peps, peri, perp, pers, peso, pess, pier, pies, pile, pipe, pips, pirl, pirs, pise, piso, piss, plie, plop, poil, pois, pole, pols, pope, pops, pore, pose, poss, prep, pres, prie, prio, prop, pros, psis, repl, repo, repp, reps, resp, riel, ries, rile, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, roes, roil, role, rope, ropp, rose, ross, seil, seir, seis, sels, seor, seps, sero, sers, sier, sile, silo, siol, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, slip, sloe, slop, soil, soir, sole, sols, sope, sops, sore, sori, spie, spor, sris

3 Letter Words for Prolepsis

eir, eli, els, eos, epi, ers, esp, esr, ess, ile, ilo, ios, ipl, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isl, iso, lei, leo, lep, ler, les, lie, lip, lir, lis, loe, lop, lor, los, oer, oes, oie, oil, ois, ole, olp, ope, opp, ops, ore, orl, ors, ose, osi, pel, pep, per, pes, pie, pil, pip, pir, pis, pli, poi, pol, pop, por, pos, ppi, ppl, ppr, pps, pre, pro, prp, prs, psi, rei, rel, rep, res, rie, rio, rip, rle, roe, roi, ros, rps, sei, sel, sep, ser, sie, sil, sip, sir, sis, sle, sol, sop, spl, spp, sps, sri, sse, ssp

Definitions for Prolepsis

[1] Rhetoric . the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
[2] the assigning of a person, event, etc., to a period earlier than the actual one; the representation of something in the future as if it already existed or had occurred; prochronism.
[3] the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming applicable.
[4] a fundamental conception or assumption in Epicureanism or Stoicism arising spontaneously in the mind without conscious reflection; thought provoked by sense perception.
[5] Pathology . the return of an attack of a periodic disease or of a paroxysm before the expected time or at progressively shorter intervals.
[6] a rhetorical device by which objections are anticipated and answered in advance
[7] use of a word after a verb in anticipation of its becoming applicable through the action of the verb, as flat in hammer it flat

Words related to Prolepsis

misplacement, solecism, misdate, postdate

Words nearby Prolepsis

prolation, prole, proleg, prolegomenon, prolegomenous, prolepsis, proletarian, proletarianism, proletarianize, proletariat, proletarize

Origin of Prolepsis

1570–80; < Late Latin prolēpsis < Greek prólēpsis anticipation, preconception, equivalent to prolēp- (verbid stem of prolambánein to anticipate (pro- pro-2 + lambánein to take)) + -sis -sis

Other words from Prolepsis

pro·lep·tic [proh-lep -tik] /proʊˈlɛp tɪk/ , pro·lep·ti·cal , adjective
pro·lep·ti·cal·ly , adverb
pro•lep′ tic (-lĕp′ tĭk ) adj.

Word origin for Prolepsis

C16: via Late Latin from Greek: anticipation, from prolambanein to anticipate, from pro- ² + lambanein to take

Synonyms for Prolepsis

misplacement, solecism, chronological error, metachronism, misdate, postdate