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hydrographia

Syllables: hy·dro·graph·i·a

hydrographia noun: creating an illusion of reality through vivid description of water.

Noun

hydrographia (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Creating an illusion of reality through vivid description of water.

Origin of hydrographia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (hŭdrogrăphĭ́ā).

Questions about hydrographia

What does hydrographia mean?
Hydrographia means creating an illusion of reality through vivid description of water.
What part of speech is hydrographia?
Hydrographia is a noun.

Words near hydrographia in the dictionary

  1. hydrognosy
  2. hydrogode
  3. hydrograph
  4. hydrographer
  5. hydrographers
  6. hydrographia
  7. hydrographic
  8. hydrographical
  9. hydrographically
  10. hydrographies
  11. hydrographist

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