What is to repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication,3 called?
reduplicate — (Gram.) To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication,3. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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