ecbole
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɛkbəliː/
Noun

ecbole

  1. (rhetoric, rare) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
  2. (music) The raising or sharping of a tone, especially (historical) in relation to Ancient Greek music.
    • 1813, J.M. Good & al., Pantologia, s.v. "Ecbole":
      Ecbole: a […] change in the enharmonic genus, by the accidental elevation of a chord, or string, five dieses above its ordinary pitch.



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