Feminine
hyperbole
Meaning
- (feminine, rhetoric) hyperbole
- (feminine) hyperbola
Synonyms
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/i.pɛʁ.bɔl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle French hyperbole, yperbole, a learned borrowing from Latin hyperbolē, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”).
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