epizeuxis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɛpɪˈz(j)uksɪs/ (US)
- /ˌɛpɪˈz(j)uːksɪs/
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-) + ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai, “to yoke”)
Meanings
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(countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis.
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.
2020 February 17, Richard Cooke, “Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet”, in Wired:'O horror, horror, horror', Macduff cries, his epizeuxis reflecting a lack in the symbolic order itself.
2022, Clive Bloom, The Palgrave Handbook of Gothic Origins, page 39:An Epizeuxis twice a word repeats, And graces thus the theme on which it treats.
1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Epizeuxis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 78:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| epizeuxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
symploce · repetition · intensifier · anaphora · epistrophe · tmesis
Translations (6)
vi điệp từ (repeating words in immediate succession) · grc ἐπίζευξις (repeating words in immediate succession) · cs epizeuxis (repeating words in immediate succession) · la epizeuxis (repeating words in immediate succession) · is síklifun (repeating words in immediate succession) · de Epizeuxis (repeating words in immediate succession)