Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In rhetoric, a sentence (that is, a general observation or striking reflection) subjoined to a descriptive, narrative, argumentative, or other passage, or at the end of a whole discourse, to confirm, sum up, or conclude it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rhet.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.
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- noun rhetoric An
exclamation orreflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hm. Some terms from classical rhetoric involving the canon of arrangement: dispositio taxis enumeratio merismus catacosmesis chiasmus digressio epiphonema (my personal favorite) complexio
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This explains that famous exclamation of a Parisian gamin, a profound epiphonema, which the vulgar herd laughs at without comprehending, — Dieu de
Les Miserables 2008
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Realme, I meane the renoumed Erle of Essex, and the right honorable the lord Charles Howard, lord high Admirall of England, made 1596. vnto the strong citie of Cadiz, I haue set downe as a double epiphonema to conclude this my first volume withall.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Of the same kind was that late dreadful epiphonema [21] of a despairing Italian, related by Mersennus,
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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An epiphonema reminds at last every one that the good and the wicked shall receive the retribution each has merited.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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This explains that famous exclamation of a Parisian gamin, a profound epiphonema, which the vulgar herd laughs at without comprehending, -- Dieu de Dieu!
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This explains that famous exclamation of a Parisian gamin, a profound epiphonema, which the vulgar herd laughs at without comprehending, -- Dieu de Dieu!
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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And for a concluding epiphonema, it is said of them in the last verse, that knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in those that do them.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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An excellent discourse whereof, as likewise of the honourable expedition vnder two of the most noble and valiant peeres of this Realme, I meane the renoumed Erle of Essex, and the right honorable the lord Charles Howard, lord high Admirall of England, made 1596. vnto the strong citie of Cadiz, I haue set downe as a double epiphonema to conclude this my first volume withall.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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"thorn-crackling" and a little forced, the thing ends with the famous and magnificent _epiphonema_ (as they would have said in the old days) to Oxford, which must for ever conciliate all sons of hers and all gracious outsiders to its author, just as it turns generation after generation of her enemies sick with an agonised grin.
Matthew Arnold George Saintsbury 1889
qms commented on the word epiphonema
In journalism one-hundred-one
The tyros are taught how it's done:
The Time mag old schema
Needs epiphonema
So every piece ends with a pun.
September 18, 2015