8 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
adjective spoken with emphasis
adjective sudden and strong
adjective forceful and definite in expression or action
originFrom Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.
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