epiphonema /ˌɛpɪfəˈniːmə/ noun1 •(rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.he would sometimes break off in a sudden and spirited Epiphonema, or rather Erotesis, raised a third, and sometimes a full fifth, above the key of the discourse, […] — 1759 formsepiphonemas · epiphonemata