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Epizeuxis


Epˊi-zeux′is

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a fastening together, repetition, fr. [GREEK] to fasten to or upon;
ἐπί
upon + [GREEK] to join, yoke.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: –
Alone
,
alone
,
all all alone
,
Alone
on a
wide wide
sea.
Coleridge.

Definition 2024


epizeuxis

epizeuxis

English

Noun

epizeuxis (plural epizeuxes)

  1. (rhetoric) Repeating words in immediate succession.
Examples (rhetoric)

"O horror, horror, horror!"
- Shakespeare's Macbeth

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