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EPISTROPHE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
Synonyms:
epiphora; epistrophe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("epistrophe" is a kind of...):
repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)