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palillogy

/pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/

palillogy is the alternative form of palilogy.

Meaning of palilogy

Noun

palilogy (usually uncountable, plural palilogies)

  1. (rhetoric, usually) Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.

Forms of palillogy

pluralpalillogies

Origin of palillogy

From Late Latin palillogia (“palillogy”), from Ancient Greek παλιλλογία (palillogía, “palillogy”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + -λογία (-logía, “pertaining to speech, discourse”) or -λόγος (-lógos, “word, speech”).

Questions about palillogy

What is palillogy the alternative form of?
Palillogy is the alternative form of palilogy.
How do you pronounce palillogy?
Palillogy is pronounced /pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/.

Words near palillogy in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palillogy (page history and authors); palilogy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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