epistrophe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epistrophē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ).

noun

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.

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