Definitions for paragoge

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paragoge par·a·go·ge

Spelling: [par-uh-goh-jee]

IPA: /ˌpær əˈgoʊ dʒi/

Paragoge is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 170 anagrams from letters in paragoge (aaeggopr).

Definitions for paragoge

noun

1. 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.

Origin of paragoge

1650-60; Late Latin paragōgē addition to a word, lengthening of a word Greek paragōgḗ a leading by, alteration, change, derivative of parágein to lead by, past. See para-