Definitions for epanalepsis

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epanalepsis ep·a·na·lep·sis

Spelling: [ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis]

IPA: /ˌɛp ə nəˈlɛp sɪs/

Epanalepsis is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 649 anagrams from letters in epanalepsis (aaeeilnppss).

Definitions for epanalepsis

noun

1. a repetition of a word or a phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition, sometimes occurring with a phrase used both at the beginning and end of a sentence, as in Only the poor really know what it is to suffer; only the poor.

Origin of epanalepsis

1575-85; Greek epanálēpsis literally, resumption, taking up again, equivalent to ep- ep- + ana- ana- + lêpsis taking