ploce

See also: ploče and Ploče

English

Examples (rhetoric)
In that great victory, Caesar was Caesar! Make war upon themselves - brother to brother / Blood to blood, self against self. - Richard III, by Shakespeare Let the staff be staff, and let Reagan be Reagan.

Etymology

From Latin plŏcē, from Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ, “complication”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɒsi/, /ˈpləʊsi/

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Noun

ploce (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.

Hyponyms

• (rhetoric): polyptoton, antanaclasis

Anagrams

• copel, pleco