polyptoton
Noun
(en-noun)
(rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.
Usage notes
An example of polyptoton appears in the following quote with variation on the word feed:
* c1595 , , , act II, scene i,
*: With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
Hypernyms
* (rhetoric) ploce
See also
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Not English
has no English definition. It may be misspelled. 