repetitionaladj.
/ˌrɛpᵻˈtɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌrɛpᵻˈtɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌrɛpəˈtɪʃ(ə)nəl/ = repetitionary adj.
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cuckoo-like1570
cuckooish1605
iterative1624
iterant1626
cuckoo1650
repetitious1673
repetitional1720
repetitionary1720
1720 Bibliotheca Biblica I. 15 This second, or repetitional Law, being indeed a Recapitulation and Compendium of the first.
1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codif. Petit., Full Petit. 117 An interval..between the original series of proceedings, and the repetitional proceedings.
1871 H. Bushnell in Life & Lett. (1880) xxiv. 524 Great care to be had of language—no..cantish repetitional stuff.
1938 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 24 July (1995) 38 Nearly all the ‘motives’ that I can use were packed into the original book, so that a sequel will appear either ‘thinner’ or merely repetitional.
1965 Eng. Stud. 46 160 It is..harder to ascertain cases of amphibolia than repetitional figures or double constructions.
2000 J. C. Whale Imagination Under Pressure ii. iv. 137 Hazlitt's aggressive response to the philosophers of utility is to offer an aggregative and repetitional form of individualism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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