a. Also 8 epidictic. [ad. Gr. ἐπίδεικτικ-ός, f. ἐπί + δεικνύναι to show.] Adapted for display or show-off; chiefly of set orations. Hence Epideictical a.
1790. V. Knox, Winter Even. (ed. 2), II. 197. Eloquence of that kind, which the ancient rhetoricians denominated the epidictic.
1795. Charac., in Ann. Reg., 20/1. Philosophic dialogues and epideiktic orations.
1874. Farrar, Christ (ed. 2), II. xxxv. He would not work any epideictic miracle at their bidding.
