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Idiophanous

Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope as certain crystals

Grotesque

Like the figures found in ancient grottoes grottolike

Epanadiplosis

A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence

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Euphemism

A figure in which a harsh or indelicate word or expression is softened a way of describing an offensive thing

Erotesis

A figure of speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary is implied under the form of an earnest

Epizeuxis

A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis as in the following lines

Epitrope

A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one to do what he proposes to

Epistrophe

A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation e g ldquoAre they Hebrews so am

Epiploce

A figure by which one striking circumstance is added in due gradation to another climax e g ldquoHe not only

Epiplexis

A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding

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