Rhet. Obs. Also 6 erron. exargasia. [a. Gr. ἐξεργασία lit. ‘working out,’ f. ἐξεργάζεσθαι to work out, perfect, f. ἐξ out + ἐργάζεσθαι to work, f. ἔργον work.] (See quots.)
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, III. xx. (Arb.), 254. Exargasia … a terme transferred from these polishers of marble.
1657. J. Smith, Myst. Rhet., 221. Exergasia.… A figure when we abide still in one place, and yet seem to speak divers things, many times repeating one sentence, but yet with other words, sentences and exornations.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
