epanodos

Noun

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Noun (2)

  1. recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)Type of recapitulation, recap
  2. repetition of a group of words in reverse orderType of repetition
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

E·pan′o·dos noun

Origin: L., fr. Gr. … a rising, return; ἐπί + … a way up, rising; … up + … way.

Rhetoric A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: —

O more exceeding love, or law more just? Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love!— John Milton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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