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ephemeris. 1  a table showing the positions of a heavenly body on a number of dates in a regular sequence. 2  an astronomical almanac containing such tables. 3  Archaic. an almanac or calendar.
epiplexis-a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them. hendiadys-use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier. hypallage-reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face').itotes, meiosis-understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes.