nounsymplŏcēSYMPLOCE☆ KeepMeaninga figure of speech where the same word is often repeatedLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879SYMPLOCELEWIS & SHORTSYMPLOCEsymplŏcē, ēs, f., = συμπλοκή (an interweaving); gram. t. t., I. a figure of speech where the same word is often repeated (late Lat.), Mart. Cap. 5, § 534.Read the whole entry