| Definitions | | hyperbole |
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noun
- (uncountable) extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
- (uncountable) deliberate exaggeration
- (countable) an instance or example of this technique
- (countable) (obsolete) a hyperbola
Translations: - Dutch: hyperbool
- French: hyperbole
- French, hyperbole
- German: Hyperbel
- Italian: iperbole
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: hipérbole
(trans-bottom)
Etymology: From Latin, hyperbole < Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (huperbolÄ) "excess, exaggeration < (polytonic, á) (huper) "above" + (polytonic, ) (ballÅ) "I throw".
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