| anadiplosis |
| Definition: A figure of speech where a sentence or clause begins with the final word(s) of the one preceding. |
| Example: We don't like idiots. Idiots are useless. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek ana, again, and diploun, to double. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation is from 1589: "As thus: Comforte it is for man to haue a wife, Wife chast, and wise … The Greeks call this figure Anadiplosis, I call him the Redouble." (Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 210) |