ecbole
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκβολή (ekbolḗ, “a digression”), from ἐκβάλλω (ekbállō, “to throw out”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ecbole (countable and uncountable, plural ecboles)
- (rhetoric, rare) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
- (music) The raising or sharping of a tone, especially (historical) in relation to Ancient Greek music.
- 1813, J.M. Good & al., Pantologia, s.v. "Ecbole":
- Ecbole: a change in the enharmonic genus, by the accidental elevation of a chord, or string, five dieses above its ordinary pitch.
- 1813, J.M. Good & al., Pantologia, s.v. "Ecbole":
References
- "ecbole" in George L. Scott's Supplement to Mr Chamber's Cyclopaedia, London: Innys & al., 1753.
- "ecbole" in Chauncey A. Goodrich's revision of Noah Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, London: Illustrated London Library, 1852.
- “ecbole, n..”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1891.
