epitrochasm

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin epitrochasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτροχασμός (epitrokhasmós), from ἐπιτροχάζω (epitrokházō, “run swiftly over”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈpɪtɹəˌkæzm̩/

Noun[edit]

epitrochasm (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) a hurried accumulation or enumeration of several points.

References[edit]

“epitrochasm, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams[edit]

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