An'a-di-plō'sis, n.

n. [Lat. anadiplosis, Gr. ἀναδίπλωσις, from ἀνά, again, and διπλοῦν, to double, διπλοῦς, twofold, double.] (Rhet.) A repetition of the last word or words in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, “He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes—misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent.”