epanodos

E1P3A1N1O1D2O1S1

noun

The repetition of a sequence of words or phrases in reverse order.

OriginAncient Greek ἐπάνοδος →
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Meanings

nounepanodos (countable and uncountable, plural epanodoses)

plural epanodoses

  1. countablerhetoricuncountableThe repetition of a sequence of words or phrases in reverse order.

    By Epanodos the same word moves its place, Takes first and last and also middle space.

    1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Epanodos.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 83
  2. countableuncountableRecapitulation of the main points in a discourse.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐπάνοδος
  2. Englishepanodos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπάνοδος (epánodos), from ἐπ- (ep-) + ἀνα- (ana-) + ὁδός (hodós). By surface analysis, ep- + an- + -ode + Ancient Greek -ος (-os).

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APA

epanodos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epanodos

MLA

“epanodos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epanodos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epanodos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epanodos.

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