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单词 tautophony
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tautophonyn.

Brit. /tɔːˈtɒfəni/, /tɔːˈtɒfn̩i/, U.S. /tɔˈtɑfəni/, /tɑˈtɑfəni/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin tautophonia; Greek ταὐτοϕωνία.
Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin tautophonia (1736 or earlier), or its etymon (ii) Byzantine Greek ταὐτοϕωνία < ταὐτόϕωνος having the same sound ( < ancient Greek ταὐτο- tauto- comb. form + -ϕωνος (see -phone comb. form) + -ία -y suffix3.
Repetition of the same sound or sounds in language.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > repetition of sound
reduplication1650
tautophony1791
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > lack of euphony
harshnessc1480
teretism1598
cacophony1656
tautophony1791
1791 J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. at Tragedian In this word we have a striking instance of the aversion of the language to what may be called a Tautophony.
1881 G. W. Moon Revisers' Eng. (1882) xxiv. 64 They say ‘That ye may be sons of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise’..tautophony, suggestive of a pun.
1898 F. Harrison in 19th Cent. June 942 If your ear does not hear the false note, the tautophony or the cacophony in the written sentence as you read it.
1967 J. L. Styan Shakespeare's Stagecraft 150 The rhetoric of Henry V's ‘ceremony..general ceremony..thou idol ceremony..thrice gorgeous ceremony’ (Henry V, IV, i) was tautophony.
2001 M. Dvorak E. Buckler ii. iii. 194 Buckler himself is aware of his inclination toward cacophony and tautophony, admitting he has a tendency to write too fancy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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