epideictic

/ (ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk) /

adjective

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

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to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.
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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

epicycloidal gear, epicycloidal wheel, epicystitis, epicystotomy, epidaurus, epideictic, epidemic, epidemic encephalitis, epidemic gastroenteritis virus, epidemic hemoglobinuria, epidemic hemorrhagic fever
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Example sentences from the Web for epideictic

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

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