How Do You Spell Epizeuxis?

Epizeuxis: Figure of emphasis in which the same word (or words) is/are repeated two or more times over in immediate succession; repetition of the same word, word, word.... "You wanna know what I make?

Is epizeuxis a word?

The definition of epizeuxis is the repetition of a word or phrase in quick succession. ... Epizeuxis comes from the Greek word epizeugnumi, which means “fastening together.”

What is epizeuxis in English literature?

Epizeuxis, in literature, a form of repetition in which a word is repeated immediately for emphasis, as in the first and last lines of “Hark, Hark!

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