epanalepsis

[ ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis ]

noun

, Rhetoric.

1. a repetition of a word or a phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition, sometimes occurring with a phrase used both at the beginning and end of a sentence, as in Only a fool would trust a stranger with his money; only a fool.

epanalepsis

/ ɪˌpænəˈlɛpsɪs /

noun

1. rhetoric the repetition, after a more or less lengthy passage of subordinate or parenthetic text, of a word or clause that was used before

Derived Forms

• ˌepanaˈleptic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of epanalepsis¹

First recorded in 1575–85; from Greek epanálēpsis, literally, “taking up again, resumption,” equivalent to ep- ep- + ana- ana- + lêpsis “taking hold” ( lēp-, stem of lambánein “to take” + -sis -sis )

Word History and Origins

Origin of epanalepsis¹

C16: from Greek, from epi- + ana- + lēpis taking, from lambanein to take up