Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, watery eye, in which the tears, from increased secretion or some disease of the lacrymal passages, accumulate in front of the eye and trickle over the cheek.
- noun In rhetoric, same as
epistrophe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
- noun (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
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Hey Epiphora on Tumblr found a pretty good example of the deep, deep incomprehension asexuals have to deal with. clientsfromhell:
Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine 2010
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