epideictic

/ (ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk) /

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adjective

designed to display something, esp the skill of the speaker in rhetoricAlso: epidictic (ˌɛpɪˈdɪktɪk)

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Word Origin for epideictic

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

Words nearby epideictic

epicyclic train, epicycloid, epicycloidal gear, epicycloidal wheel, Epidaurus, epideictic, epidemic, epidemic encephalitis, epidemic meningitis, epidemic parotitis, epidemiology

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How to use epideictic in a sentence

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