单词 | epitrope |
释义 | epitropen. Rhetoric. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > permission given to opponent epitrope1656 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 131 Epitrope..a figure when we either seriously or ironically permit a thing, and yet object the inconveniency. 1678–1706 in E. Phillips New World of Words 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1844 J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. (1857) 217 Epitrope..is a figure of rhetoric by which a permission, either seriously or ironically, is granted to an opponent, to do what he proposes to do. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1656 |
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