Epizeuxis
/ˌɛpɪˈz(j)uːksɪs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
"An Epizeuxis twice a word repeats, And graces thus the theme on which it treats."
Example
More examples"An Epizeuxis twice a word repeats, And graces thus the theme on which it treats."
Etymology
From modern Latin epizeuxis, from Ancient Greek ἐπίζευξις (epízeuxis, “a fastening upon”), from ἐπιζευγνύναι (epizeugnúnai), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai, “to yoke”).