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Definition: EPIZEUXIS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Epizeuxis" is a common misspelling or typo for: Epizootic, Epineuria, Epizootics, Epizooties.

Date "Epizeuxis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references)

Etymology:Epizeuxis \Ep`i*zeux"is\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression fastening together, repetition, from to fasten to or upon; 'epi` upon to join, yoke.]. (references)


Extended Definition: EPIZEUXIS

Epizeuxis

In linguistics, an epizeuxis is the repetition of words in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis.[1]

Examples:

  • "Words, words, words." (Hamlet)
  • "Developers, developers, developers, developers!" (Steve Ballmer)
  • "Education, education, education." (Tony Blair)
  • "Never, never, never quit." (Winston Churchill)
  • "Location, location, location." (Common phrase tied to real estate"

Such repetition is also used in writing:

“ Alone, alone, all all alone,

Alone on a wide, wide sea".

— Samuel Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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References

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  1. The repetition of a word (for emphasis):


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