epistrophe

Meaning

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface).

Opposite of
anaphora
Translations

Epiphora

Epiphore

Epipher

Epistrophe

Epistrophe

epiphora

epistrophe

épiphore

épistrophe

Epístrofe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epistrophē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ).

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