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Word For The Day, Thursday, February 7, 2013 – epexegesis
dictionaries ad nauseam
| 7 February 2013
| Thursday's sub
Posted on 02/07/2013 4:40:00 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
epexegesis \ep-ek-si-JEE-sis\, noun
1. the addition of a word or words to explain a preceding word or sentence.
2. the word or words so added.
Example sentences:
But you did establish personal contact? In epexegesis or on a point of order?
-- James Joyce, Finnegan's Wake
One of the most striking peculiarities of colloquial speech in Dutch, and of natural free talk in general, is what is called epexegesis.
-- Jan Gonda, Selected Studies
Etymology:
Epexegesis, a late Renaissance word, is derived from the Greek epexḗgēsis meaning explanation.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
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To: secret garden; Fierce Allegiance; Jack Deth; K4Harty; miskie; Dutchgirl; cardinal4; MoochPooch; ...
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posted on
02/07/2013 4:41:03 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: hummingbird
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posted on
02/07/2013 4:48:06 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
The epexegesis to Obamacare is now being revealed — premiums doubling in cost.
To: secret garden; xsmommy; MHGinTN; tioga; Texan5
While lesbians now tend to breed by artificial reception, if they combine a stupid donor with a partner they no longer like, can they sue for expeegenius?
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posted on
02/07/2013 5:36:17 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: secret garden
Exegesis, the interpretation of a work based on its content, is a more honest form of scholarship than Eisegesis, which is the insertion of one’s own meaning. Epexegesis is what just happened in the previous sentence! :-)
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posted on
02/07/2013 5:43:41 AM PST
by
left that other site
(Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
To: secret garden
When making an account at the Pearly Gates, our epexegesis affects how Jesus will deal with us on that fated day
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posted on
02/07/2013 5:53:31 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(The Endtimes)
To: secret garden
Obama, Messiah, the second Jesus
“Messiah,” above, is an epexegesis
Well, he’s way overpriced
More like Stalin than Christ
Despite the overblown media thesis
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:13:53 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: secret garden
....no epexegesis for this is needed.
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:35:45 AM PST
by
tioga
To: afraidfortherepublic
It's a nightmare. A for you.
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:38:36 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
They can and they have. A for you.
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:39:34 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: left that other site
A for you!
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:40:21 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: mikrofon
The tap dancing will be extreme! A for you.
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:41:21 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I always wonder how you will rhyme these multisyllabic words. A+ for you!
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:42:40 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: tioga
His culture needs some fathering and I don’t mean biological. A+ for you.
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:44:05 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
You’d think, after all these years I would have faith in your abilities to rhyme with meaning. But I admit, I scrolled down thinking this would be a really tough one for you...I was wrong. Very good.
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:53:24 AM PST
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(The DNC loves abortion so much they will now be called the D&C)
To: secret garden
I always wonder how you will rhyme these multisyllabic words.So do I.
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posted on
02/07/2013 7:03:11 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: secret garden
I always wonder how you will rhyme these multisyllabic words.So do I.
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posted on
02/07/2013 7:04:00 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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posted on
02/07/2013 7:04:47 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I’m glad we are keeping you challenged. ;)
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posted on
02/07/2013 7:07:44 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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