epanastrophe

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπαναστροφή (epanastrophḗ, “return”).

Noun

epanastrophe (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Anadiplosis.
   • 1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations:

     The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense […] as in epanastrophe, […] adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.

Translations

anadiplosis — see also anadiplosis

• Finnish: anadiploosi
• French: épanastrophe (fr) f

References

• “epanastrophe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.