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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. 2
   (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning wordnet

Etymology

From Latin plŏcē, from Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ, “complication”).

Related phrases

figure of speech

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