Definition/Meaning of ploce

• English - Noun: ploce ( plural ploces ) ( 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 . Hyponyms ( rhetoric ) : polyptoton , antanaclasis
• English - Etymology: From Latin plŏcē , from Ancient Greek πλοκή ( plokḗ , “ complication ” ).
• English - Pronunciation: ˈplɒsiː
• English - Anagrams: copel , pleco