In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
EPIZEUXIS
Etymology
Noun
epizeuxis (countable and uncountable, plural epizeuxes)
(figure of speech) The repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis.
Source: Wiktionary
Ep`i*zeux"is, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: - Alone, alone, all all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DATELESS
(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”
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