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epiphonema

noun /ˌɛpɪfəˈniːmə/

  1. An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.

    he would ſometimes break off in a ſudden and ſpirited Epiphonema, or rather Erotesis, raiſed a third, and ſometimes a full fifth, above the key of the diſcourſe, […]

Where it comes from

From Latin epiphonema, from Ancient Greek ἐπιφώνημα (epiphṓnēma), from ἐπιφωνείν (epiphōneín, “call to”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry epiphonema (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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