eccho

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English

Noun

eccho (plural ecchoes)

  1. 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)

  1. Echoing, reverberation.
  2. A favourable response made to flatter someone.

Descendants

  • English: echo
  • Scots: echo

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