Associations to the word «Ploce»

Wiktionary

PLOCE, noun. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.

Dictionary definition

PLOCE, noun. (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning.

Wise words

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