Epistrophe

//ɪˈpɪstrəfi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. countable, rhetoric, uncountable

    "Epistrophe many sentences will close With the same word, in verse as well as prose."

  2. 2
    repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface). countable, uncountable

    "As is well known, chloroplast in the epistrophe position presents an oval or more or less circular form; in the apostrophe position a flattened and lenticular form."

Synonyms

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epiphoraepiphoraantistrophe

Example

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"Epistrophe many sentences will close With the same word, in verse as well as prose."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epistrophē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ).

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