palilogy

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/pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/

noun

Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.

OriginLate Latin palilogia ← Ancient Greek παλιλογία →
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Meanings

nounpalilogy (usually uncountable, plural palilogies)

plural palilogies · alternative palillogy

  1. rhetoricuncountableusuallyEmphatic repetition of a word or phrase.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαλιλογία“palilogy”
  2. Late Latinpalilogia“palilogy”
  3. Englishpalilogy

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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Translations

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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