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epanalepsis
[ ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis ]
/ ˌɛp ə nəˈlɛp sɪs /
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noun Rhetoric.
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 the poor really know what it is to suffer; only the poor.
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Words nearby epanalepsis
EP, EPA, epact, epagoge, Epaminondas, epanalepsis, epanaphora, epanodos, epanorthosis, eparch, eparchy
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British Dictionary definitions for epanalepsis
epanalepsis
/ (ɪˌpænəˈlɛpsɪs) /
noun
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 of epanalepsis
epanaleptic, adjectiveWord Origin for epanalepsis
C16: from Greek, from epi- + ana- + lēpis taking, from lambanein to take up
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