Epiplectic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to epiplexis. rhetoric

    "With Kessels' text there is no subordinate "who?" but only the epiplectic "why?""

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"With Kessels' text there is no subordinate "who?" but only the epiplectic "why?""

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιπληκτικός (epiplēktikós, “given to rebuking”), from ἐπίπληξις (epíplēxis, “rebuke”). See epiplexis.

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