Epistrophe (noun)
i-pis-trof-ee
Also called epiphora. Rhetoric. the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong.
First recorded in 1640–50; from New Latin, from Greek epistrophḗ; see epi-, strophe
Example sentences
“The script ended with a clever piece of epistrophe.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
