epistrophe

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɪˈpɪstrəfi/

Definition of epistrophe

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
    “Epistrophe many sentences will close With the same word, in verse as well as prose.”
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noun

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
    “Epistrophe many sentences will close With the same word, in verse as well as prose.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface).
    “As is well known, chloroplast in the epistrophe position presents an oval or more or less circular form; in the apostrophe position a flattened and lenticular form.”

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Etymology

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

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