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palilogy

/pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
palil-o-gy
IPA
/pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.

Uncountable

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”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

palilogies (plural) palillogy (alternative)

Homonyms

palillogy

Questions

How do you pronounce palilogy?
The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/.
What does palilogy mean?
Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.
Where does palilogy come from?
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”).

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