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Definition: DIACOPE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Tmesis.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Diacope" is a common misspelling or typo for: diascope.

Date "Diacope" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Diacope \Di*ac"o*pe\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression cutting in two; dia` through]. (references)


Extended Definition: DIACOPE

Diacope

Diacope is a rhetorical term meaning uninterrupted repetition of a word, or repetition with only one or two words between each repeated phrase.

Examples:

  • "All lost! To prayers, to prayers! All lost!" (William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, Scene 1).

To the swinging and the ringing
Of the bells, bells, bells--
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells--
--Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells"


See also

  • Tmesis

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