Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. rhetoric Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Rhet.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis.”
Etymologies
- From Late Latin palilogia ("palilogy"), from Ancient Greek παλιλογία (palilogia, "palilogy"), from πάλιν (palin, "again") + -λογία ("pertaining to speech, discourse"). (Wiktionary)
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Logolepsy
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Tawkward
Verbal 'wtf' exchanges; odd moments of conversation and socializing.
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
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whichbe Emphatic repetition of word. May 16, 2008