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Webster 1913 Edition
Epizeuxis
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Epˊi-zeux′is
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a fastening together, repetition, fr. [GREEK] to fasten to or upon;
ἐπί
upon + [GREEK] to join, yoke.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: –
Alone
, alone
, all all alone
,Alone
on a wide wide
sea. Coleridge.