| epizeuxis | |
| e-pi-zook'-sis | from Gk. epi, "upon" and zeugnunai, "to yoke" |
| palilogia | |
| geminatio, iteratio, conduplicatio, subjunctio | |
| the underlay or the coocko-spel, iteration |
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Repetition of words with no others between, for vehemence or emphasis. | |
| Examples | ||
| Hamlet: Words,
words, words...
He, he it was who spelled my doom. |
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| Sources: | Isidore 1.36.10; Peacham (1577) I3r; Fraunce (1588) 1.16 ("epizeuxis," "palilogia," "iteration"); Putt. (1589) 210 ("epizeuxis," "the underlay," "the coocko-spel"); Day 1599 85; Hoskins 1599 12 | |
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