Dictionary entry

Epanorthosis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Ep′an‐or‐tho″sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; επἴ + � to set right again; � again + � to set straight.] A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!