symploce

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Canada, UK, US/ˈsɪmploʊsi/

noun

The repetition of one word or phrase at the beginning and another word or phrase at the end of successive phrases or clauses.

OriginAncient Greek συμπλοκή →
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Meanings

nounsymploce (plural symploces)

plural symploces

  1. rhetoricThe repetition of one word or phrase at the beginning and another word or phrase at the end of successive phrases or clauses.

    Symploce sometimes Anaphora will join With Epistrophe, and both in one combine.

    1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Symploce.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 77

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσυμπλοκή“interweaving”
  2. Englishsymploce

From Ancient Greek συμπλοκή (sumplokḗ, “interweaving”).

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Translations

Polish symploka
  • symplokaTranslations
Russian симплока
  • симплока (simploka)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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