单词 | epistrophe |
释义 | epistrophe[ ih-pis-truh-fee ] / ɪˈpɪs trə fi / nounAlso called epiphora. Rhetoric. the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …”Compare anaphora (def. 1). Philosophy. (in Neoplatonism) the realization by an intellect of its remoteness from the One. Origin of epistropheFirst recorded in 1640–50; from New Latin, from Greek epistrophḗ; see epi-, strophe Words nearby epistropheepistolary novel, epistoler, epistolic, epistolize, epistolography, epistrophe, epistropheus, epistyle, episyllogism, epit., epitaph Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for epistropheepistrophe / (ɪˈpɪstrəfɪ) / nounrhetoric repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences Word Origin for epistropheC17: New Latin, from Greek, from epi- + strophē a turning Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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