| anadiplosis |
| Definition - A figure of speech where a sentence or clause begins with the final word(s) of the one preceding. |
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Example - We don't like idiots. Idiots are useless. |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Greek ana, again, and diploun, to double. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1589: "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." (Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 210) |