ploce

Etymology

From Latin plŏcē, from Ancient Greek πλοκή (ploke), “‘complication’”).

Noun

Singular ploce

Plural ploces

ploce (plural ploces)

1. (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.

   Examples:

   "In that great victory, Caesar was Caesar!"

   "Make war upon themselves - brother to brother / Blood to blood, self against self." - Richard III, by Shakespeare

   "Let the staff be staff, and let Reagan be Reagan."