epizeuxisn.
/ɛpɪˈzjuːksɪs/ Rhetoric.
A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis.
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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 167 Ye have another sort of repetition, when..ye iterate one word without any intermission, as thus: It was Maryne, Maryne that wrought mine woe... The Greeks call him, Epizeuxis, the Latines Subiunctio.
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 89 Epizeuxis..Adjunctio, a joining together of the same word or sound.
1678–1706 in E. Phillips New World of Words
1845 J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. (1857) 206.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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