epanalepsis

American  

[ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis] / ˌɛp ə nəˈlɛp sɪs /

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.

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epanalepsis British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• epanaleptic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of epanalepsis

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 )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

epanalepsis

They constitute the figure known as epanalepsis, in which “the same word or phrase is repeated after one or more intervening words.”

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith