emphatic

 
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈfatɪk, ɛm-/

adjective

  • 1expressing something forcibly and clearly: the children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience an emphatic movement of his hand
  • (of an action or its result) definite and clear: an emphatic World Cup win
  • 2(of a word or syllable) bearing the stress.
  • Linguistics (of certain Arabic consonants) pronounced with both dental articulation and constriction of the pharynx.

noun

Linguistics
  • an emphatic consonant.

Origin:

early 18th century: via late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphasis (see emphasis)