Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epitext

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epi-text
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Textual material which surrounds a work but is not part of the text or its peritext, including published interviews, private correspondence, diary entries and the like.

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What does epitext mean?
Textual material which surrounds a work but is not part of the text or its peritext, including published interviews, private correspondence, diary entries and the like.
Where does epitext come from?
By surface analysis, epi- + text.

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