epitasis
/ɪˈpɪtəsɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this matter,—with the history of their campaigns, which were no way barren of events,—may make no uninteresting under-plot in the epitasis and working up of this drama."
- "It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epítasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteínō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epí) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἐπίτασις