epanadiplosis

English

Examples

"Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
"Blow winds and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin epanadiplōsis, from Ancient Greek ἐπαναδίπλωσις (epanadíplōsis, “doubling, folding”).

Noun

epanadiplosis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence.

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Spanish

Noun

epanadiplosis f (uncountable)

  1. epanadiplosis
    Synonym: epanalepsis

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