ploce

noun

plo·​ce

ˈplō(ˌ)sē

plural -s

: emphatic repetition of a word with particular reference to its special significance (as in "a wife who was a wife indeed")

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Greek plokē complication, twisting, from plekein to plait

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