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palillogia

palillogia is the alternative form of palilogia.

Meaning of palilogia

Noun

palilogia

  1. (rhetoric) Deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.
    • First, there is palilogia, which is an idiosyncrasy of certain rhetoricians and public speakers who deliberately repeat a word or phrase or sentence for the sake of emphasis.1970, Macdonald Critchley, Aphasiology and other aspects of language

Questions about palillogia

What is palillogia the alternative form of?
Palillogia is the alternative form of palilogia.

Words near palillogia in the dictionary

  1. palilalias
  2. palilalic
  3. palilas
  4. Palilia
  5. Palilicium
  6. palillogia
  7. palillogies
  8. palillogy
  9. palilogia
  10. palilogies
  11. palilogy

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