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epanodos

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[ih-pan-uh-dos] / ɪˈpæn əˌdɒs /

noun

Rhetoric.

  1. the repetition of a group of words in reverse order.

  2. the recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech, especially in the reverse order.

  3. the resumption of the main thread of a speech after a digression.

Etymology

Origin of epanodos

1580–90; < Greek epánodos recapitulation, rising, return, equivalent to ep- ep- + an ( a )- ana- + ( h ) odós way, road, path

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