endeictic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνδεικτικός (endeiktikós), from ἐν- (en-) +‎ δεικτικός (deiktikós).

Adjective

endeictic (not comparable)

1. Serving to show or exhibit.
   • 1791, William Enfield, Johann Jakob Brucker, The History of Philosophy:

     The Agonistic dialogues , supposed to resemble the combat , were either Endeictic, as exhibiting a specimen of skill , or Anatreptic , presenting the spectacle of a perfect defeat .

References

“endeictic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.