‖ anadiplosis Rhet.
(ˌænədɪˈpləʊsɪs)
[L., a. Gr. ἀναδίπλωσις, n. of action f. ἀναδιπλό-εσθαι to be doubled back, f. ἀνά back + διπλό-ειν to double, f. διπλό-ος double.]
Reduplication; the beginning of a sentence, line, or clause with the concluding, or any prominent, word of the one preceding.
| 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 210 As thus: Comforte it is for man to haue a wife, Wife chast, and wise..The Greeks call this figure Anadiplosis, I call him the Redouble. 1681 Hobbes Rhet. iv. iv. 148 A Redoubling called Anadyplosis as, ‘The Lord also will be a refuge to the poor, a refuge, I say in due time.’ a 1791 Wesley in Wks. 1872 XIII. 524 In an anadiplosis the word repeated is pronounced the second time louder and stronger than the first. |