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Epanadiplosis


Ep-anˊa-di-plo′sis

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
ἐπί
+ [GREEK] to make double.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence;
as, “
Rejoice
in the Lord always: and again I say,
Rejoice
.”
Phil. iv. 4.

Definition 2024


epanadiplosis

epanadiplosis

English

Examples

"Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
"Blow winds and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!"

Noun

epanadiplosis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence.

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Spanish

Noun

epanadiplosis f (uncountable)

  1. epanadiplosis

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