epiplocen.
/ɛˈpɪpləsiː/ Rhetoric.
‘A figure of rhetoric, by which one aggravation, or striking circumstance, is added in due gradation to another’. (Johnson)
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1678–1706 in E. Phillips New World of Words
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1678- throw the bridle on a person's neck
- throw the gauntlet
- throw the handkerchief
- throw the handkerchief at
- throw the handkerchief to
- throw the handle after the hatchet
- throw the hatchet
- throw the hatchet after the helve
- throw the helve after the hatchet
- throw the house out at the window
- throw the house out at the windows
- throw the house out of the window
- throw the house out of the windows
- throw the kitchen sink at
- throw the seven
- throw the stocking
- throw thrust) in a person's face
- throw thrust) something in a person's face
- throw to
- throw to the dogs
- throw to the wolves
- throw together
- throw tongue
- throw toss in the towel
- throw true