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Webster 1913 Edition
Polyptoton
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Polˊyp-to′ton
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] having, or being in, many cases;
πολύσ
many + [GREEK] case.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson’s line, – “My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell.”
Definition 2024
polyptoton
polyptoton
English
Noun
polyptoton (plural polyptota or polyptotons)
- (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.
Usage notes
An example of polyptoton appears in the following quote with variation on the word feed:
- c1595, William Shakespeare, s:Richard II, act II, scene i,
- With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
Hypernyms
- (rhetoric): ploce
Translations
stylistic scheme
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See also
- Category:English cognate expressions