Associations to the word «Epiphora»

Wiktionary

EPIPHORA, noun. (rhetoric) epistrophe
EPIPHORA, noun. (medical) excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye
EPIPHORA, noun. (botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids)

Dictionary definition

EPIPHORA, noun. Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates