n.
Pronunciation: ri- ˌ dü-pli- ' k ā -sh ə n, ˌ r ē -, - ' dyü-
Function: noun
Date: 1555
1 : an act or instance of doubling or reiterating
2 a : an often grammatically functional repetition of a radical element or a part of it occurring usually at the beginning of a word and often accompanied by change of the radical vowel b (1) : a word or form produced by reduplication (2) : the repeated element in such a word or form
3 : ANADIPLOSIS
– re · du · pli · ca · tive \ ri- ' dü-pli- ˌ k ā -tiv, ' r ē -, - ' dyü- \ adjective
– re · du · pli · ca · tive · ly adverb