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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Epizeuxis \Ep`i*zeux"is\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a fastening together, repetition, fr. ? to fasten to or upon; 'epi` upon + ? to join, yoke.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: [1913 Webster] Alone, alone, all all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]