English

Noun

palilogia

1. (rhetoric) Deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.
   • 1970, Macdonald Critchley, Aphasiology and other aspects of language

     First, there is palilogia, which is an idiosyncrasy of certain rhetoricians and public speakers who deliberately repeat a word or phrase or sentence for the sake of emphasis.

Italian

Etymology

pali- +‎ -logia

Noun

palilogia f ‎(plural palilogie)

1. palilogy (repetition of a word for rhetorical effect)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλιλογία ‎(palilogía, “palilogy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.liˈlo.ɡi.a/

Noun

palilogia f ‎(genitive palilogiae); first declension

1. palilogy

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: palilogy

References

• palilogia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palilogia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.