Dictionary Check: epiphonema
"epiphonema" is a valid word!
Scrabble
19
points
Words with Friends
22
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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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