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epanalepsis

[ ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis ]

noun

Rhetoric.
  1. a repetition of a word or a phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition, sometimes occurring with a phrase used both at the beginning and end of a sentence, as in Only a fool would trust a stranger with his money; only a fool.


epanalepsis

/ ɪˌæəˈɛɪ /

noun

  1. rhetoric the repetition, after a more or less lengthy passage of subordinate or parenthetic text, of a word or clause that was used before
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ貹Բˈپ, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of epanalepsis1

First recorded in 1575–85; from Greek 貹áŧ, literally, “taking up again, resumption,” equivalent to ep- ep- + ana- ana- + ê “taking hold” ( ŧ-, stem of áԱ𾱲 “to take” + -sis -sis )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of epanalepsis1

C16: from Greek, from epi- + ana- + ŧ辱 taking, from lambanein to take up
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

They constitute the figure known as epanalepsis, in which “the same word or phrase is repeated after one or more intervening words.”

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