endeictic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek [Term?]
Adjective[edit]
endeictic (not comparable)
- Serving to show or exhibit.
- 1791, William Enfield, Johann Jakob Brucker, The History of Philosophy:
- The Agonistic dialogues , supposed to resemble the combat , were either Endeictic, as exhibiting a specimen of skill , or Anatreptic , presenting the spectacle of a perfect defeat .
References[edit]
“endeictic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.