Definitions
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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