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Meaning of epizeuxis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌɛpɪˈz(j)uːksɪs/

Definitions

The repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis.

countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Epizeuxis

Examples

“An Epizeuxis twice a word repeats, And graces thus the theme on which it treats.”
“Wikipedia weds this ranging interest to the kind of pertinence where Larry David's “Pretty, pretty good!” is given as an example of rhetorical epizeuxis.”
“'O horror, horror, horror', Macduff cries, his epizeuxis reflecting a lack in the symbolic order itself.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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