Etymology

palilogy

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Today it means: Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase. Full definition →

Late Latin palilogia ← Ancient Greek παλιλογία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαλιλογία“palilogy”
  2. Late Latin · derived frompalilogia“palilogy”
  3. English todaypalilogy

From Late Latin palilogia (“palilogy”), from Ancient Greek παλιλογία (palilogía, “palilogy”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + -λογία (-logía, “pertaining to speech, discourse”) or -λόγος (-lógos, “word, speech”).

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