Associations to the word «Epiphora»

Wiktionary

EPIPHORA, noun. (rhetoric) epistrophe
EPIPHORA, noun. (medical) excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye
EPIPHORA, noun. (botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids)

Dictionary definition

EPIPHORA, noun. Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams