‖ epiplexis Rhet.
(ɛpɪˈplɛksɪs)
[L. epiplēxis, Gr. ἐπίπληξις, f. ἐπιπλήσσειν, f. ἐπί upon + πλήσσειν to strike.]
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| 1678 Phillips, Epiplexis, A figure in Rhetorick which by an elegant kind of upbraiding, indeavours to convince. 1721–1800 in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts. |