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EPISTROPHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epistrophe mean?
• EPISTROPHE (noun)
The noun EPISTROPHE has 1 sense:
1. repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
Familiarity information: EPISTROPHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
epiphora; epistrophe
Hypernyms ("epistrophe" is a kind of...):
repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)
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