Associations to the word «Reduplication»

Wiktionary

REDUPLICATION, noun. (linguistics) The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.

Dictionary definition

REDUPLICATION, noun. Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
REDUPLICATION, noun. The syllable added in a reduplicated word form.
REDUPLICATION, noun. A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word).
REDUPLICATION, noun. The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne