palilogy

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Etymology

From Late Latin palilogia (“palilogy”), from Ancient Greek παλιλογία (palilogía, “palilogy”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + -λογία (-logía, “pertaining to speech, discourse”) or -λόγος (-lógos, “word, speech”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/

Noun

palilogy (usually uncountable, plural palilogies)

  1. (rhetoric) Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.

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