epitrochasm

English

Etymology

From Late Latin epitrochasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτροχασμός (epitrokhasmós), from ἐπιτροχάζω (epitrokházō, “run swiftly over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈpɪtɹəˌkæzm̩/

Noun

epitrochasm (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) a hurried accumulation or enumeration of several points.

References

“epitrochasm, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• atmospheric, metaphorics