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epizeuxis
noun
a literary or rhetorical device that appeals to or invokes the reader鈥檚 or listener鈥檚 emotions through the repetition of words in quick succession.
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Epizeuxis is a Late Latin noun occurring for the first and only time in the damaged Ars Grammatica “Art of Grammar” by the grammarian Flavius Sosipater Charisius鈥攈is name alone is worth repeating鈥攚hose work is valuable only because it preserves extracts from earlier grammarians. Late Latin epizeuxis comes straight from Greek 别辫铆锄别耻虫颈蝉, a noun that is used only in technical subjects such as botany and rhetoric, and as a rhetorical term is quite rare, occurring only twice in two Greek grammarians. 贰辫铆锄别耻虫颈蝉 is a compound made up of the preposition and prefix 别辫铆, epi- 鈥渙n, upon, over鈥� and the noun 锄别没虫颈蝉 鈥測oking (of oxen), joining.鈥� 窜别没虫颈蝉 is formed from the verb 锄别耻驳苍媒苍补颈 鈥渢o yoke鈥�; its related noun 锄测驳贸苍 is from the same Proto-Indo-European source as Latin jugum, Germanic (English) yoke, Hittite yugan, Sanskrit 测耻驳谩尘 (鈥測oke, pair鈥�; a related form yields Sanskrit yoga- 鈥渦nion,鈥� English yoga). The final element, -sis, is a Greek suffix forming action nouns from verbs. The form -sis is the Attic Greek form of earlier -tis, preserved in some of the more conservative Doric dialects. The suffix -tis is related to the Latin suffix -tis, as in vestis 鈥渃lothing鈥� (compare vestment), from the verb 惫别蝉迟墨谤别 鈥渢o dress, clothe,鈥� and hostis 鈥渟tranger, enemy鈥� (yielding English hostile). Epizeuxis entered English in the late 16th century.
how is epizeuxis used?
You might know epizeuxis best from聽Hamlet: When Polonius asks the prince what he is reading, Hamlet replies, “51吃瓜s, words, words.”
When we see epizeuxis, we hear the voice of any great leader or powerful person. When we see amplification, we hear a voice full of emotion. When we see anastrophe, we think, of course, of Yoda.
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sobriquet
noun
a nickname.
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Sobriquet (also spelled soubriquet), 鈥渁 nickname,鈥� has an uncertain origin. Most likely it comes from French sobriquet 鈥渘ickname,鈥� from Middle French soubriquet, also soubzbriquet 鈥渁 jest or quip鈥�; also 鈥渁 chuck under the chin, a gentle tap under the chin.鈥� The only recognizable part of soubzbriquet is soubz, sous, from Latin sub 鈥渦nder.鈥� It is possible that the second element is Middle French briquet, also brichet, bruchet, 鈥渂reast of an animal, cut of meat,鈥� English brisket. Sobriquet entered English in the first half of the 17th century.
how is sobriquet used?
And never mind the “Greedy McCreadie” sobriquet bestowed on him by former colleagues and workers who testify, with full mockumentary gravitas, to his lack of character.
As with most memorable nicknames, there鈥檚 a story behind it: Hya was the sobriquet that stuck after my siblings and I tested out various permutations of Hyderabad, the city she lived in, and a place I thought of as home.
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Comity comes from Latin 肠辞尘颈迟腻蝉 (stem 肠辞尘颈迟腻迟-) 鈥渇riendliness, consideration, graciousness,鈥� a derivative of the adjective 肠艒尘颈蝉 鈥渒ind, obliging.鈥� 颁艒尘颈蝉 perhaps comes from earlier cosmis, which occurs only once, in an inscription. If so, the syllable –smi– comes from the Proto-Indo-European root (s)mei-, (s)mei-, (s)mi– 鈥渢o laugh, smile, wonder at,鈥� which supplies Greek 辫丑颈濒辞尘尘别颈诲岣梥 (from philo-smeides) 鈥渓aughter-loving,鈥� a Homeric epithet of Aphrodite. (S)mei– yields Latin 尘墨谤耻蝉 鈥漞xtraordinary, remarkable (usually in the good sense),鈥� the verb 尘墨谤腻谤墨 鈥渢o be surprised, amazed; look in awe or wonder at鈥� (the source of Spanish mirar 鈥渢o look at鈥�). Also, in German komisch means 鈥渃omic鈥� and colloquially 鈥渟trange, funny.鈥� (S)mei– appears in the Germanic languages as 蝉尘墨濒补苍, English smile. Comity entered English in the first half of the 16th century.
how is comity used?
the funeral underscored how Mr. Lewis believed that his decades-long civil rights fight could be waged in a spirit of comity鈥攁nd with a belief that the American project was not fatally flawed, but perfectible in the hands of a citizenry willing to go to the polls and engage in nonviolent protest.
I believe I had no money to buy them, but there was an open account, or a comity, between the printer and the bookseller, and I must have been allowed a certain discretion in regard to getting books.
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