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Word: Anadiplosis
Speech Type: Noun
early 16th century. From post-classical Latin anadiplosis (of a word or syllable) reduplication from Hellenistic Greek ἀναδίπλωσις reduplication, already in ancient Greek in the sense ‘convolution’ from ancient Greek ἀναδιπλοῦν to double, to fold, in Hellenistic Greek also (of a word or syllable) to reduplicate (from ἀνα- + διπλοῦν to double) + -σις
Repetition of a word or phrase for rhetorical effect; specifically a device whereby the last word of a sentence, line, or clause is repeated at the beginning of the next sentence, line, or clause.
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