Pa-līl'o-gy, n.

n. [Lat. palilogia, Gr. παλιλλογία, from πάλιν, again, and λόγος, speech, discourse, λέγειν, to say, speak; Fr. palilogie, palillogie, palinologie.] (Rhet.) The repetition of a word or part of a sentence for the sake of greater energy.