epizeuxis and obganiate
Aug. 12th, 2010 07:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordepizeuxis (eh-pee-ZOOK-sis) - n., a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is repeated, for vehemence or emphasis.
"Words, words, words," as Hamlet said. But because I have nothing else to say about this beyond it's from Greek epi, upon + zeugnunai, to yoke (the same root as for zeugma), I give you a bonus word:
obganiate - v. to irritate (someone) by repetition.
---L.
"Words, words, words," as Hamlet said. But because I have nothing else to say about this beyond it's from Greek epi, upon + zeugnunai, to yoke (the same root as for zeugma), I give you a bonus word:
obganiate - v. to irritate (someone) by repetition.
---L.
