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- noun A figure of orthography, consisting in writing a letter double which is usually written single, as, in Greek
τοσσ, σ1ός forτοσός . - noun In rhetoric, repetition of a word or name for the sake of emphasis: as,“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets,” Mat. xxiii. 37. Also called
epizeuxis .
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word diplasiasmus
JM enjoyed discovering 'diplasiasmus - n. - the incorrect doubling of a singgle sic letter' (fully sic!)
October 18, 2010