DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
18.188.20.56
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pol·yp·to·ton n.  Rhet. A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- “My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell.”
 ◄ ►

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 polyptoton
      n : repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in
          the same sentence; "My own heart's heart"