hyperbole

 30 August 06:40   

    From Latin , from Greek ‘excess, exaggeration’, formed from the roots of + ‘to throw’.

    # acute or overstatement; abnormally as a or articulate device.

    # advised exaggeration

    # an instance or archetype of this technique

    # a

    rhetorical device

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    From Latin , from Greek ‘excess, exaggeration’, formed from the roots of + ‘to throw’.

    hyperbole

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    From Greek excess, exaggeration, formed from the roots of + ‘to throw’.

    hyperbole (genitive ); , (Greek pattern)

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