ploce

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Definition of ploce in English English dictionary

A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality

Let the staff be staff, and let Reagan be Reagan..

(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed

" (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

Hyphenation

plo·ce

Etymology

() From Latin plŏcē, from Ancient Greek πλοκή (ploke, “complication”).