'Reduplication' definitions:
Definition of 'reduplication'
(from WordNet)
noun
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next [syn: anadiplosis, reduplication]
noun
The syllable added in a reduplicated word form
noun
A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
noun
The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) [syn: reduplication, reiteration]
Definition of 'Reduplication'
From: GCIDE
- Reduplication \Re*du`pli*ca"tion\ (-k?sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r['e]duplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
- 1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Philol.) 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. [1913 Webster]