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.