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English
Noun
eccho (plural ecchoes)
- Obsolete spelling of echo.
1676, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler:Farwel ye guilded follies, pleasing troubles, Farwel ye honour'd rags, ye glorious bubbles; Fame's but a hollow eccho, gold pure clay, Honour the darling but of one short day.
1592, R.D., Hypnerotomachia:And suddainly hearing the fall of trees, through the force of a whyrlewinde, & noise of the broken bowghes, with a redoubled and hoarse sound a farre of, and yet brought to the eccho of the water thorow the thick wood, I grew into a new astonishment.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
eccho (uncountable)
- Echoing, reverberation.
- A favourable response made to flatter someone.
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