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Reduplication

noun

Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next. Synonym: anadiplosis.

The syllable added in a reduplicated word form.

A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word).

The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof). Synonym: reiteration.

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Etymology of 'Reduplication'

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"Reduplication" Quotes from Famous Books

... names. Among these are Utu[54] and apparently also Babbar[55] in the old Babylonian inscriptions. For the latter, a Semitic etymology is forthcoming, and we may therefore regard it as representing a real pronunciation, and not an ideographic writing. Babbar, a contracted form from Barbar, is the reduplication of the same stem bar[56] that we have already met with, in the name of the temple sacred to Shamash. Like E-babbara, therefore, Babbar is the "brilliantly shining one,"—a most appropriate name for the sun, and one frequently applied to him in the religious texts. As to Utu, there is some doubt ...

— The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria • Morris Jastrow

Words linked to "Reduplication" : repetition, syllable, repeating, anadiplosis, word, reiteration