Obs. Also 6 epyphoneme, 7 epiphonemy. Anglicized form of prec.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, I. xi. (Arb.), 125. [The wise man] in th’ende cryed out with this Epyphoneme, Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas.
1594. J. King, On Jonah (1618), 395. The last thing I proposed is the sentence or Epiphoneme, concluding the conclusion.
1636. J. Cole, in Ann. Dubrensia (1877), 55. To whom Fame sounds an Epiphonemy.
1637. Heywood, Dialogues, ii. 123. ’Tis a short song, and hath as short a theme, And yet it bears a long Epiphoneme.
