n. [ Gr. &unr_; a throwing under, a suggesting; &unr_; under + &unr_; to throw. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. Gr
Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravagant hyperboles. Blair. [1913 Webster]
Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the hyperbole, that it lies without deceiving. Macaulay.
n. [ L., fr. Gr
Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravagant hyperboles. Blair. [1913 Webster]
Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the hyperbole, that it lies without deceiving. Macaulay.