epideictic
/ (ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk) /
adjective
designed to display something, esp the skill of the speaker in rhetoricAlso: epidictic (ˌɛpɪˈdɪktɪk)
Nearby words
- epicycloidal gear,
- epicycloidal wheel,
- epicystitis,
- epicystotomy,
- epidaurus,
- epidemic,
- epidemic encephalitis,
- epidemic gastroenteritis virus,
- epidemic hemoglobinuria,
- epidemic hemorrhagic fever
Word Origin for epideictic
C18: from Greek epideiktikos, from epideiknunai to display, show off, from deiknunai to show
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Examples 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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