Ep'i-zeu'-xis, n.

noun

n. [Gr. ἐπίζευξις, a fastening together, joining, from ἐπιζευγνύναι, to fasten to or upon, from ἐπί and ζευγνύναι, to join, yoke.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: — Alone, alone, all all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea. Coleridge.