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Reduplication

noun
1.
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.  Synonym: anadiplosis.
2.
The syllable added in a reduplicated word form.
3.
A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word).
4.
The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof).  Synonym: reiteration.





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"Reduplication" Quotes from Famous Books



... be classed many reduplicated forms, whether riming, as hurly-burly, or alliterative, as tittle-tattle, though reduplication belongs to the natural speech of children, and, in at least one case, Fr. tante, from ante-ante, Lat. amita, the baby word has prevailed. In a reduplicated form only one half as a rule needs to be explained. Thus seesaw is from saw, the motion suggesting two ...
— The Romance of Words (4th ed.) • Ernest Weekley


Words linked to "Reduplication" :   syllable, anadiplosis, repetition, word, reiteration, repeating


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