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Meaning of epiphonema | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌɛpɪfəˈniːmə/

Definitions

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

rhetoric

Equivalents

Español epifonema
Italiano epifonema

Examples

“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, […]”
“Epiphonema, for a final clause, An inference strong by sudden impulse draws.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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