REDUPLICATIONS

Noun

reduplications

plural of reduplication

Source: Wiktionary


REDUPLICATION

Re*du`pli*ca"tion (-kshn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. rƩduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]

1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.

2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.

3. (Philol.)

Definition: The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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