10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
noun the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
originEtymology tree Latin geminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnisbor. English gemination Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”).
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