epizeuxis

English

Etymology

From modern Latin epizeuxis, from Ancient Greek ἐπίζευξις (epízeuxis, “a fastening upon”), from ἐπιζευγνύναι (epizeugnúnai), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai, “to yoke”).

Noun

epizeuxis (countable and uncountable, plural epizeuxes)

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis.
Examples (rhetoric)

"O horror, horror, horror!"
- Shakespeare's Macbeth

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