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Word entry · 8 letters

emphatic

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"definite expression"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɛmˈfætɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acehimptStarts with EEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. forceful and definite in expression or action

Word origin

From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.

Used in a sentence

  • He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
  • In Irish, the emphatic form of "mé" is "mise".

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