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Noun Concept
Categories: Figures of speech, Rhetoric
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polyptoton
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Repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence WordNet 3.0
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Repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Polyptoton is the stylistic scheme in which words derived from the same root are repeated. Wikipedia
Stylistic device Wikidata
A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case. Wiktionary
Stylistic scheme. Wiktionary (translation)
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My own heart's heart WordNet 3.0
Polyptoton such as 'my own heart's heart' Open English WordNet
IS A
repetition
rhetorical device
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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polyptoton
Wikipedia
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polyptoton
Wikidata
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Polyptoton
Wiktionary
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polyptoton

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