ecbole

A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.

Noun

  1. A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
  2. The raising or sharping of a tone, especially (historical) in relation to Ancient Greek music.
    • Ecbole: a […] change in the enharmonic genus, by the accidental elevation of a chord, or string, five dieses above its ordinary pitch. - 1813, J.M. Good & al., Pantologia, s.v. "Ecbole"

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκβολή (ekbolḗ, “a digression”), from ἐκβάλλω (ekbállō, “to throw out”).

Forms

ecboles