Dictionary Check: epiphonema

"epiphonema" is a valid word!

Scrabble 19 points
Words with Friends 22 points

Definition

noun

a sentence that is an exclamation, a general or striking comment, or a succinct summary of what has previously been said.

Example: "In Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale, the Reeve drives home his story of a cheating Miller by summarizing the tale that he has told in an epiphonema."

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