epanalepsis
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Borrowed from Latin epanalepsis, from Ancient Greek ἐπανάληψις (epanálēpsis), from ἐπαναλαμβάνω (epanalambánō), from ἐπί (epí) + ἀνά (aná) + λαμβάνω (lambánō).
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epanalepsis (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.
- 1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations:
- The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense […] as in the epanalepsis, adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.
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Noun[edit]
epanalepsis f (uncountable)
- epanalepsis
- Synonym: epanadiplosis
Further reading[edit]
- “epanalepsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014