单词 | epanalepsis |
释义 | epanalepsis[ ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis ] / ˌɛp ə nəˈlɛp sɪs / noun Rhetoric.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 the poor really know what it is to suffer; only the poor. Origin of epanalepsis1575–85; <Greek epanálēpsis literally, resumption, taking up again, equivalent to ep-ep- + ana-ana- + lêpsis taking hold (lēp-, variant stem of lambánein to take + -sis-sis) Words nearby epanalepsisEP, EPA, epact, epagoge, Epaminondas, epanalepsis, epanaphora, epanodos, epanorthosis, eparch, eparchy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for epanalepsisepanalepsis / (ɪˌpænəˈlɛpsɪs) / nounrhetoric the repetition, after a more or less lengthy passage of subordinate or parenthetic text, of a word or clause that was used before Derived forms of epanalepsisepanaleptic, adjectiveWord Origin for epanalepsisC16: from Greek, from epi- + ana- + lēpis taking, from lambanein to take up Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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