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epexegesis
Apr. 26th, 2013 07:46 amepexegesis (ep-ek-si-JEE-sis) - n., the addition of a word or phrase explaining word or phrase.
That is to say, glossing one's own words. The phrase "that is to say" is a common marker for an epexegesis. Borrowed in the 1570s from Greek rhetoric, where the word literally means explaining again, from epi-, again + exegeisthai, to explain.
---L.
That is to say, glossing one's own words. The phrase "that is to say" is a common marker for an epexegesis. Borrowed in the 1570s from Greek rhetoric, where the word literally means explaining again, from epi-, again + exegeisthai, to explain.
---L.
