emphasizer

noun

emphasizer

noun

Etymology From emphasize + -er.

1

One who, or that which, emphasizes.

  • 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.2007 August 19, William Safire, “Gifts of Gab”, in New York Times:

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