auxesis
auxesis noun: overstatement, hyperbole.
Noun
auxesis (countable and uncountable, plural auxeses)
- Overstatement, hyperbole.
- Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede.1577, Henry Peacham, Garden of Eloquence
- Antonyms:
- meiosis
- Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
- Synonyms:
- climax
- Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
- Auxesis, augmentation, increase.1842, R. Dunglison, Medical Lexicon
- Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication.1940 November 9, Nature, 618/1
- The condition of being auxetic
auxesis meaning in Tamil
auxesis in Tamil
- வர்த்தனம், பருமன் வளர்ச்சி, மிகையுரை, புனைந்துரை
Synonyms of auxesis
- climax
- amplification
- amplificatio
- spin
- hyperbole
Antonyms
- meiosis
- antonym(s) of
- catacosmesis
- merisis
Forms of auxesis
| plural | auxeses |
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Origin of auxesis
From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).
Words formed from auxesis
Questions about auxesis
- What does auxesis mean?
- Auxesis means overstatement, hyperbole.
- What is auxesis in Tamil?
- Auxesis in Tamil is வர்த்தனம், பருமன் வளர்ச்சி, மிகையுரை. See Auxesis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is auxesis?
- Auxesis is a noun.
- What is the plural of auxesis?
- The plural of auxesis is auxeses.
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