epiphoran.

/ɛˈpɪfərə/

Etymology: < Latin epiphora, < Greek ἐπιϕορά a bringing to or upon, < ἐπιϕέρειν, < ἐπί upon + ϕέρειν to bring.

1. A sudden afflux of humours; esp. ‘a superabundant flow of tears, or of an aqueous or serous humour from the eyes’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > wateriness

lachrymation1598

watery humour1612

epiphora1657

1657 Physical Dict. Epiphora, involuntary weeping.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 144 It displaced the lower eyelid together with the punctum, and produced epiphora.

1879 T. Bryant Man. Pract. Surg. (ed. 3) I. viii. 348 [If] accompanied by troublesome watering of the eye, ‘epiphora’.

2. Rhetoric. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > repetition > at end of successive clauses

epistrophe1582

counter-turn1589

epiphora1678

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Epiphora, Force or Impression, a figure in Rhetorick, in which one word is repeated at the end of several Sentences, but differs from Epistrophe, in that it hath respect chiefly to the Matter.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

3. Logic. The conclusion of a syllogism or consequent of a hypothesis.

ΚΠ

1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	epiphora
释义	epiphoran. /ɛˈpɪfərə/ Etymology: < Latin epiphora, < Greek ἐπιϕορά a bringing to or upon, < ἐπιϕέρειν, < ἐπί upon + ϕέρειν to bring. 1. A sudden afflux of humours; esp. ‘a superabundant flow of tears, or of an aqueous or serous humour from the eyes’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > wateriness lachrymation1598 watery humour1612 epiphora1657 1657 Physical Dict. Epiphora, involuntary weeping. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 144 It displaced the lower eyelid together with the punctum, and produced epiphora. 1879 T. Bryant Man. Pract. Surg. (ed. 3) I. viii. 348 [If] accompanied by troublesome watering of the eye, ‘epiphora’. 2. Rhetoric. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > repetition > at end of successive clauses epistrophe1582 counter-turn1589 epiphora1678 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Epiphora, Force or Impression, a figure in Rhetorick, in which one word is repeated at the end of several Sentences, but differs from Epistrophe, in that it hath respect chiefly to the Matter. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 3. Logic. The conclusion of a syllogism or consequent of a hypothesis. ΚΠ 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1657
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