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epideictic
/ ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk /
adjective
- designed to display something, esp the skill of the speaker in rhetoric Alsoepidicticˌɛpɪˈdɪktɪk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epideictic1
C18: from Greek epideiktikos, from epideiknunai to display, show off, from deiknunai to show
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Example Sentences
There is something p. xivof “hard brilliance” in Praed: he writes for effect, he is epideictic.
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