† diˈalyton Rhet. Obs.
[L., a. Gr. τὸ διάλυτον, subst. use of διάλυτος: see dialytic.]
= dialysis 1 b.
| 1657 J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 182 Dialyton..is all one with Asyndeton. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Dialyton, a Rhetorical Figure, when several Words are put together without any Conjunction Copulative. 1721 in Bailey. |