emphasizer

English

Etymology

From emphasize +‎ -er.

Noun

emphasizer (plural emphasizers)

  1. One who, or that which, emphasizes.
    • 2007 August 19, William Safire, “Gifts of Gab”, in New York Times‎:
      Counterintuitively, the authors are down on the use of please as an emphasizer: “ ‘Would you please remember to include me on the email whenever you respond to a customer?’ conveys a sense of exasperation.

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