epexegesis

[ ep-ek-si-jee-sis ]

noun

, Rhetoric.

, plural ep·ex·e·ge·ses [ep-ek-si-, jee, -seez].

1. the addition of a word or words to explain a preceding word or sentence.
2. the word or words so added.

epexegesis

/ ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒɛtɪk; ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪs /

noun

1. the addition of a phrase, clause, or sentence to a text to provide further explanation
2. the phrase, clause, or sentence added for this purpose

Derived Forms

• epˌexeˈgetically, adverb
• epexegetic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of epexegesis¹

First recorded in 1615–25, epexegesis is from the Greek word epexḗgēsis explanation. See ep-, exegesis

Word History and Origins

Origin of epexegesis¹

C17: from Greek; see epi- , exegesis

Example Sentences

Epexegesis, ep-eks-e-jē′sis, n. the addition of words to make the sentence more clear.—adjs.

From Project Gutenberg

No one has put together, or, to adopt a more expressive phrase, heaped together such enormous paragraphs; no one has linked clause on clause, parenthesis on parenthesis, epexegesis on exegesis, in such a bewildering concatenation of inextricable entanglement.

From Project Gutenberg

The terms epexegesis and epexegetical are used by expositors in a special sense to denote something explanatory of the immediate context.

From Project Gutenberg