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epanalepsis

epanalepsis noun: the repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.

Noun

epanalepsis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.
    • Epanalepsis words will recommend
      The same at the beginning and the end.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Epanalepsis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 81
    • The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense[…]as in the epanalepsis, adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations
    Synonyms:
    epanadiplosis

Synonyms of epanalepsis

Origin of epanalepsis

Borrowed from Latin epanalepsis, from Ancient Greek ἐπανάληψις (epanálēpsis), from ἐπαναλαμβάνω (epanalambánō), from ἐπί (epí) + ἀνά (aná) + λαμβάνω (lambánō).

Questions about epanalepsis

What does epanalepsis mean?
Epanalepsis means the repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.
What part of speech is epanalepsis?
Epanalepsis is a noun.

Words near epanalepsis in the dictionary

  1. epalpebrate
  2. epalrestat
  3. Epaminondan
  4. epanadiplosis
  5. epanados
  6. epanalepsis
  7. epanaleptic
  8. epanaphora
  9. epanastrophe
  10. epandrial
  11. epandrium

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