Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Epideictic

Epideictic , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to show forth, display; 'epi` + {not transcribed} to show. Compare Epidictic.]

Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.