erotesisn.
/ɛrəʊˈtiːsɪs/ Rhetoric.
(See quot. 1845.)
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > rhetorical question
interrogation?1533
erotema1589
inquisitive1589
questioner1589
erotesis1656
rhetorical questiona1686
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 135 Erotesis..Interrogation, or questioning.
1678–1706 in E. Phillips New World of Words
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1845 J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. (1857) 206 Erotesis..is a figure of speech by which a speaker, in the form of an interrogation, boldly asserts the opposite of what is asked; as ‘Creditis avectos hostes?’
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