anadiplosis
/ˌænədəˈploʊsɪs/
anadiplosis noun: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.
Noun
anadiplosis (countable and uncountable, plural anadiploses)
- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.
- Anadiplosis ends the former line
With what the next does for its first design.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Anadiplosis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 80
- Anadiplosis ends the former line
anadiplosis meaning in Tagalog
anadiplosis in Tagalog
- a rhetorical device
- ugnay-ulit
Forms of anadiplosis
| plural | anadiploses |
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Origin of anadiplosis
Learned borrowing from Latin anadiplōsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναδίπλωσις (anadíplōsis).
Words that rhyme with anadiplosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
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- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about anadiplosis
- What does anadiplosis mean?
- Anadiplosis means a figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.
- What is anadiplosis in Tagalog?
- Anadiplosis in Tagalog is ugnay-ulit. See Anadiplosis meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is anadiplosis?
- Anadiplosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anadiplosis?
- Anadiplosis is pronounced /ˌænədəˈploʊsɪs/.
- What is the plural of anadiplosis?
- The plural of anadiplosis is anadiploses.
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