What does exord mean?
Exord means (literature, rhetoric) A preface or prefatory passage..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(literature, rhetoric) A preface or prefatory passage..
One peculiarity of Bello is his having first broken through the custom of religious invocations at the heads of his cantos, in place of which he substituted poetical exords, or reflections on the events of his narrative, or on circumstances connected with them.
Use exord when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Exord means (literature, rhetoric) A preface or prefatory passage..
Common synonyms include preface, proem, exordium.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
One peculiarity of Bello is his having first broken through the custom of religious invocations at the heads of his cantos, in place of which he substituted poetical exords, or reflections on the events of his narrative, or on circumstances connected with them.
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