Ploce
/ˈplɒsi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality. rhetoric, uncountable
- 2 (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning wordnet
Etymology
From Latin plŏcē, from Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ, “complication”).