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epideictic

/ ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk /

adjective

  1. designed to display something, esp the skill of the speaker in rhetoric Alsoepidicticˌɛpɪˈdɪktɪk


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Word History and Origins

Origin of epideictic1

C18: from Greek epideiktikos, from epideiknunai to display, show off, from deiknunai to show

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Example Sentences

There is something p. xivof “hard brilliance” in Praed: he writes for effect, he is epideictic.

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