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ecbole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛkbəliː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκβολή (ekbolḗ, “a digression”), from ἐκβάλλω (ekbállō, “to throw out”).

Meanings

1. (countable, rare, rhetoric, uncountable) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
2. (countable, uncountable) The raising or sharping of a tone, especially (historical) in relation to Ancient Greek music.
   • 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"

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