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ecboles

ecboles is the plural of ecbole.

Meaning of ecbole

Noun

ecbole (countable and uncountable, plural ecboles)

  1. (rare, rhetoric) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
  2. The raising or sharping of a tone, especially (historical) in relation to Ancient Greek music.
    • Ecbole: a […] change in the enharmonic genus, by the accidental elevation of a chord, or string, five dieses above its ordinary pitch.1813, J.M. Good & al., Pantologia, s.v. "Ecbole"

Questions about ecboles

What is ecboles the plural of?
Ecboles is the plural of ecbole.

Words near ecboles in the dictionary

  1. ECB
  2. Ecbatana
  3. ecbatic
  4. ecblastesis
  5. ecbole
  6. ecboles
  7. ecbolic
  8. ecbolics
  9. ecboline
  10. ECC
  11. Ecc.

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