epichirema

== English == === Alternative forms === epicheirema === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιχείρημα (epikheírēma). === Noun === epichirema (plural epichiremas or epichiremata) (rhetoric, logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.