Crossword-Solution: ECBOLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ecbole | n. | A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “ECBOLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Digression, in rhetoric. | 1 answer |
| Introducing another's words in discourse: Rhet. | 1 answer |
| Rhetorical digression. | 1 answer |
| Digression | 59 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EREAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ECBOLE (3)
Ecbole.] (Bot.) Defn: A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber.
Etym: [See Ecbole.] (Med.) Defn: A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.
ECBOLE, ek'bo-l[=e], _n._ (_rhet._) a digression: (_mus._) the raising or sharping of a tone.--_adj._ ECBOL'IC, promoting parturition.--_n._ a drug with this quality.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1943–1962).