epitrochasm

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈpɪtɹəˌkæzm̩/

Noun

epitrochasm (uncountable)

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

References

“epitrochasm, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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