| diacope | |
| di-a'-co-pee | from Gk. diakopto, “to cut in two, cut through” |
| the doubler |
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Repetition of a word with one or more between, usually to express deep feeling. | |
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Shakespeare's Tempest opens a terrible storm frightens those aboard
a ship, of which one proclaims "All lost! To prayers, to prayers! All lost!" |
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| Sources: | Peacham (1577) I3v; Putt. (1589) 211 ("ploche," "the doubler") | |
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