"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Sunday 10 November 2013

Epizeuxis

   In linguistics, an epizeuxis is the repetition of words in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis.  Damn, damn, damn - that's another word I need in my vocabulary and will probably forget.

3 comments:

  1. New to me, this one. I wonder how long I will remember it.

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  2. So it's an epizeuxis when i ask for permission to say a bad word, and then, with permission, yell "bad word, bad word, bad word"!

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  3. Kinda like words, words, words...

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