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epanalepsis
[ ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis ]
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 a fool would trust a stranger with his money; only a fool.
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
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Derived Forms
- ˌepanaˈleptic, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epanalepsis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epanalepsis1
C16: from Greek, from epi- + ana- + lēpis taking, from lambanein to take up
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