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