Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epidictic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epi-dic-tic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to explain; demonstrative.

Example Sentences

"Certainly, the background of argumentation along with its epidictic maintenance provides a good example of this kind of hegemony."

Etymology

From Latin epidicticus. See epideictic.

Inflected Forms

more epidictic (comparative) most epidictic (superlative) epidictical (alternative, dated)

Questions

What does epidictic mean?: Serving to explain; demonstrative.
Where does epidictic come from?: From Latin epidicticus. See epideictic.

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