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epexegesis

/ɛpˌɛksɪˈd͡ʒisɪs/

epexegesis noun: an additional explanation or explanatory material.

Noun

epexegesis (plural epexegeses)

  1. (rhetoric) An additional explanation or explanatory material.

epexegesis meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

epexegesis in Tamil

விளக்கச்சொல்

epexegesis in Tagalog

additional explanation
salisaysay

Forms of epexegesis

pluralepexegeses

Origin of epexegesis

From Ancient Greek ἐπεξήγησις (epexḗgēsis), from ἐπεξηγέομαι (epexēgéomai, “I explain in detail”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “I narrate, describe”).

Questions about epexegesis

What does epexegesis mean?
Epexegesis means an additional explanation or explanatory material.
What is epexegesis in Tamil?
Epexegesis in Tamil is விளக்கச்சொல். See Epexegesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epexegesis?
Epexegesis is a noun.
How do you pronounce epexegesis?
Epexegesis is pronounced /ɛpˌɛksɪˈd͡ʒisɪs/.
What is the plural of epexegesis?
The plural of epexegesis is epexegeses.

Words near epexegesis in the dictionary

  1. Epesses
  2. epetiolate
  3. EPETO
  4. epetraborole
  5. epexegeses
  6. epexegesis
  7. epexegetic
  8. epexegetical
  9. epexegetically
  10. EPF
  11. EPG

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epexegesis (page history and authors); epexegesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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