rhetic

English

Etymology

Via Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “rheme”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-.

Adjective

rhetic (not comparable)

(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a rheme.
- This act we may call a rhetic act, and the utterance which it is the act of uttering a rheme. - "How To Do Things With Words" (1962) by J.L. Austin (OUP paperback edition, 93)

Anagrams

Triche, cither, crieth, itcher, thrice

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