PROTREPTIC


Meaning of PROTREPTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prō-ˈtrep-tik ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin protrepticus hortatory, encouraging, from Greek protreptikos, from protrepein to turn forward, urge on, from pro- + trepein to turn

Date: 1678

: an utterance (as a speech) designed to instruct and persuade

• protreptic adjective

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