epitrochasm
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin epitrochasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτροχασμός (epitrokhasmós), from ἐπιτροχάζω (epitrokházō, “run swiftly over”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
epitrochasm (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) a hurried accumulation or enumeration of several points.
References[edit]
“epitrochasm, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.