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deesis

English

Alternative forms

  • deësis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (dé?sis, entreaty, petition, want)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /d??i?s?s/

Noun

deesis

  1. (rhetoric) A call to witness.
  2. (rhetoric) A vehement expression of desire, as in "think of the children!" or requests preceded by "for God's sake".

Synonyms

  • (calling to witness): adjuration

References

  • Silva Rhetoricae

Anagrams

  • deises, seised

deesis From the web:



deess

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French déesse, feminine of dieu (god).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /de??(j)?s/

Noun

deess (plural deesses)

  1. (obsolete) A goddess.
    • 1685, Herbert Croft (bishop)
      He does so much magnifie Nature and her actings in all this material world, as he gives just cause of suspicion that he hath made her a kind of joint deess with God in the affairs thereof.

Anagrams

  • Seeds, essed, sedes, seeds

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