epiphoneman.
/ˌɛpɪfəʊˈniːmə/ 1.
a. Rhetoric. An exclamatory sentence or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse or a passage in the discourse.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > exclamation or exclamatory final sentence
exclamation1552
acclamation1561
epiphonema1579
ecphonesis1589
epiphoneme1589
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 304 Gloss. Such end, is an Epiphonema, or rather the moral of the whole tale.
1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman x. 80 What excellent Allegories..what Epiphonema's.
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxlv. 17 Annot.) 700/2 Witness that solemn Epiphonema, His mercy endureth for ever.
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 73 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Epiphonema or Exclamation [may be learned] frequently from the Bear-garden.
1870 W. H. Green tr. O. Zöckler Song of Solomon 75/2 in P. Schaff et al. tr. J. P. Lange et al. Comm. Holy Script.: O. T. X The epiphonema to the daughters of Jerusalem has a subordinate significance as a refrain.
b. transferred.
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1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 649 Those who may take these wonders for a florid Epiphonema only of this work.
2. (See quots.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun]
acclamation1541
plause?c1550
succlamation1566
applausion1576
plauda1593
applaud1598
applause1600
applauding1615
applaudity1623
epiphonema1655
acclaim1667
éclat1741
bualadh bos1908
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 99 The House gave their Epiphonema and applause at every close and period.
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 143 Epiphonema..Acclamation, or a shouting of the voyce.
1678–96 in E. Phillips New World of Words
Derivatives
ˌepiˌphoneˈmatical adj. of the nature of an epiphonema.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > relating to epiphonema
epiphonematicala1617
a1617 P. Baynes Diocesans Tryall (1621) 3 Christ in his Epiphonematicall conclusion..doth speake of the same.
1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 12 The Epiphonematicall sentence which is added at the end of each Epistle.
ˌepiˌphoneˈmatically adv. in the manner of an epiphonema.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adverb] > by epiphonema
epiphonematically1605
1605 T. Hutton in S. Hieron Def. Ministers Reasons (1607) I. 161 Taking the word Iacob nominatively, vocatively, or epiphonematically.
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