'Epiploce' definitions:

Definition of 'Epiploce'

From: GCIDE
  • Epiploce \E*pip"lo*ce\, n. [L., connection, from Gr. ? a plaiting together, fr. ? to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon + ? to twist, plait.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." --Johnson. [1913 Webster]