Epizeuxis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɛpɪˈz(j)uːksɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Epizeuxis is a noun meaning (rhetoric) The repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis.
Meaning
(rhetoric) The repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis.
Example Sentences
An Epizeuxis twice a word repeats, And graces thus the theme on which it treats.
'O horror, horror, horror', Macduff cries, his epizeuxis reflecting a lack in the symbolic order itself.
Wikipedia weds this ranging interest to the kind of pertinence where Larry David's “Pretty, pretty good!” is given as an example of rhetorical epizeuxis.
Word Forms
- epizeuxes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include epimone, repetitio, epanalepsis, symploce, epistrophe, epiploce.
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