Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epanadiplosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epanadiplo-sis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A figure of speech by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence.

Uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin epanadiplōsis, from Ancient Greek ἐπαναδίπλωσις (epanadíplōsis, “doubling, folding”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἐπαναδίπλωσις

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

anadiplosis epanastrophe

Synonyms

epanalepsis

Questions

What does epanadiplosis mean?: A figure of speech by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence.
Where does epanadiplosis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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