anadiplosis
anadiplosis · anadiploses
Anadiplose
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression…A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.
/ˌænədəˈploʊsɪs/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.
Anadiplose
More definitions
- repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
Translations
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By meaning 1
a rhetorical device:
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin anadiplōsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναδίπλωσιLearned borrowing from Latin anadiplōsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναδίπλωσις (anadíplōsis).
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Forms
plural: anadiploses| Singular | anadiplosis |
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irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next:reduplication
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable