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Definitions

Noun

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

epanalepsisepanalepsis

Etymology

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

Related phrases

figure of speech

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