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orcos

orcos noun: use of an oath to enhance the believability of a statement.

Noun

orcos (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Use of an oath to enhance the believability of a statement.

Origin of orcos

From Ancient Greek ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”).

Questions about orcos

What does orcos mean?
Orcos means use of an oath to enhance the believability of a statement.
What part of speech is orcos?
Orcos is a noun.

Words near orcos in the dictionary

  1. orckind
  2. ORCL
  3. orclike
  4. orcokinin
  5. orcokinins
  6. orcos
  7. ORCR
  8. orcs
  9. orculid
  10. orculids
  11. Orcus

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