epitasis

/ɪˈpɪtəsɪs/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epítasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteínō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epí) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”).

noun

  1. The second part of a play, in which the action begins.“How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this matter,—with the history of their campaigns, which were no way barren of events,—may make no uninteresting under-plot in the epitasis and working up of this drama.”
  2. The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.
  3. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.