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POLYPTOTON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polyptoton mean?
• POLYPTOTON (noun)
The noun POLYPTOTON has 1 sense:
1. repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence
Familiarity information: POLYPTOTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
My own heart's heart
Hypernyms ("polyptoton" is a kind of...):
repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)
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