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