Epitasis

//ɪˈpɪtəsɪs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The second part of a play, in which the action begins. countable, uncountable

    "How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this matter,—with the history of their campaigns, which were no way barren of events,—may make no uninteresting under-plot in the epitasis and working up of this drama."

  2. 2
    The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
  3. 3
    The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epítasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteínō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epí) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”).

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