First Known Use: 1678
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protreptic
noun pro·trep·tic \prō-ˈtrep-tik\
Definition of PROTREPTIC
: an utterance (as a speech) designed to instruct and persuade
— protreptic adjective
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Origin of PROTREPTIC
Late Latin protrepticus hortatory, encouraging, from Greek protreptikos, from protrepein to turn forward, urge on, from pro- + trepein to turn
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