EGAVE

epistrophe

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
  2. noun An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface).

Similar words

epiphora antistrophe symploce anadiplosis epanalepsis epanadiplosis anaphora epanastrophe repetitio epizeuxis

Often followed by

is and balteata

Word family

epistrophes

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