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adjective
- of or pertaining to an echo
- imitative of a sound; onomatopoetic
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| elliptical |
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adjective
- In a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval.
- Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.
- If he is sometimes and obscure, it is because he has so much to tell us -- w:Edmund Wilson, Edmund Wilson
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| elliptically |
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adverb
- in the form of an ellipse
- using ellipsis
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| elocution |
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noun
- The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.
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| epexegesis |
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noun (epexeges, es)
- An additional explanation or explanatory material.
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| epiphonema |
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noun
- (rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
- 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin 2003, p. 50:
- :in the midst of a dispute on the subject, in which, by the bye, he was frequently involved,
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| eulogistic |
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adjective
- of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy
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| eulogium |
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noun - (alternative spelling of, elogium)
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| eulogy |
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noun (eulogies)
- An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
- Speaking highly of someone; the act of praising or commending someone.
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| euphemism |
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noun
- (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another and that is considered less offensive or less vulgar than the word or phrase it replaces.
- (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.
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| exclamation |
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noun - A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
- A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
- A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus !; -- called also exclamation point.
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| exposition |
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noun - The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
- The act of declare, declaring or describe, describing something through either speech or writing.
- The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place. now obsolete.
- An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
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| expository |
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adjective
- Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
- Practicing writing will teach you to explain complex concepts clearly.
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