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epistrophe

[ ih-pis-truh-fee ]
/ ɪˈpɪs trə fi /

noun

Also called epiphora. Rhetoric. the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …”Compare anaphora(def 1).
Neoplatonism. the realization by an intellect of its remoteness from the One.

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Nearby words

epistolary novel, epistoler, epistolic, epistolize, epistolography, epistrophe, epistropheus, epistyle, episyllogism, epit., epitaph

Origin of epistrophe

1640–50; < New Latin < Greek epistrophḗ; see epi-, strophe
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British Dictionary definitions for epistrophe

epistrophe

/ (ɪˈpɪstrəfɪ) /

noun

rhetoric repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

Word Origin for epistrophe

C17: New Latin, from Greek, from epi- + strophē a turning
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Word Origin and History for epistrophe

epistrophe

n.

1640s, from Late Latin epistrophe, from Greek epistrophe "a turning about," from epi "upon" (see epi-) + strophe "a turning" (see strophe).

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