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EPANODOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epanodos mean? 

EPANODOS (noun)
  The noun EPANODOS has 2 senses:

1. recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)play

2. repetition of a group of words in reverse orderplay

  Familiarity information: EPANODOS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPANODOS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("epanodos" is a kind of...):

recap; recapitulation; review (a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion)

Domain category:

rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))


Sense 2

Meaning:

Repetition of a group of words in reverse order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("epanodos" is a kind of...):

repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)

Domain category:

rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))


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