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eroteses

eroteses is the plural of erotesis.

Meaning of erotesis

Noun

erotesis (plural eroteses)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby a question is asked in confident expectation of a negative answer.
    • he would ſometimes break off in a ſudden and ſpirited Epiphonema, or rather Erotesis […] and demand it categorically of his antagoniſt, Whether he would take upon him to ſay, he had ever remember'd,—whether he had ever read,–or even whether he had ever heard tell of a man, call'd Tristram...1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XIX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC...

Questions about eroteses

What is eroteses the plural of?
Eroteses is the plural of erotesis.

Words near eroteses in the dictionary

  1. erotematic
  2. erotematic method
  3. eroteme
  4. erotemes
  5. erotes
  6. eroteses
  7. erotesis
  8. erotetic
  9. erotetically
  10. erotic
  11. erotic bakeries

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