epiploce

epiploce: ‖ epiploce Rhet.
(ɛˈpɪpləsiː)

[mod.L., a. Gr. ἐπιπλοκή plaiting together, f. ἐπιπλέκειν, f. ἐπί upon + πλέκειν to plait, twine.]

‘A figure of rhetoric, by which one aggravation, or striking circumstance, is added in due gradation to another’. (J.)

1678–1706 in Phillips. 1721–1800 in Bailey. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.

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Epiploce — E*pip lo*ce, n. [L., connection, from Gr. ? a plaiting together, fr. ? to plait or braid in; epi upon + ? to twist, plait.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., He not only… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
epiploce — n. rhetorical crescendo … Dictionary of difficult words
epiplocă — EPIPLÓCĂ, epiploce, s.f. (lit.) Concatenaţie. – Din fr. épiploque. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 epiplócă s. f., pl. epiplóce Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic EPIPLÓCĂ … Dicționar Român

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