Anadiplosis

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 * Definition:: **Anadiplosis is the repetition of a word between clauses such that the final word of the first clause is the beginning of the second.


 * Origin:: **From the Greek //anadiplosis// (repetition). Also has Latin roots.

Definition taken from Oxford English Dictionary.


 * See also:: **@Epanalepsis


 * Examples ** from text:

1) At the end of the short story "Authun and the Bear," translated by Gwyn Jones, Authun leaves king Svein and heads back to his home. On his way back, he " went to visit king Harald, to make good the promise he had made him before going to Denmark. **He had a courteous greeting for the king, and the king took it affably**." This description is an example of anadiplosis.

2) In "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" (script by Joss Whedon), Captain Hammer, played by Nathan Fillion, tells Dr. Horrible, "And these [his fists] are not **the hammer**. **The hammer** is my penis."

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