亚洲网紅露点

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epanalepsis

[ ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis ]

noun

Rhetoric.
  1. a repetition of a word or a phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition, sometimes occurring with a phrase used both at the beginning and end of a sentence, as in Only a fool would trust a stranger with his money; only a fool.


epanalepsis

/ 瑟藢辫忙苍蓹藞濒蓻辫蝉瑟蝉 /

noun

  1. rhetoric the repetition, after a more or less lengthy passage of subordinate or parenthetic text, of a word or clause that was used before
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢别辫补苍补藞濒别辫迟颈肠, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of epanalepsis1

First recorded in 1575鈥85; from Greek 别辫补苍谩濒脓辫蝉颈蝉, literally, 鈥渢aking up again, resumption,鈥 equivalent to ep- ep- + ana- ana- + 濒锚辫蝉颈蝉 鈥渢aking hold鈥 ( 濒脓辫-, stem of 濒补尘产谩苍别颈苍 鈥渢o take鈥 + -sis -sis )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of epanalepsis1

C16: from Greek, from epi- + ana- + 濒脓辫颈蝉 taking, from lambanein to take up
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Example Sentences

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They constitute the figure known as epanalepsis, in which 鈥渢he same word or phrase is repeated after one or more intervening words.鈥

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