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hypotyposes

hypotyposes is the plural of hypotyposis.

Meaning of hypotyposis

Noun

hypotyposis (plural hypotyposes)

  1. (rhetoric) A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.
    • Hypotyposis persons, things, events,
      In vivid language to the eye presents.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Hypotyposis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 46

Questions about hypotyposes

What is hypotyposes the plural of?
Hypotyposes is the plural of hypotyposis.

Words near hypotyposes in the dictionary

  1. hypotympana
  2. hypotympanic
  3. hypotympanum
  4. hypotype
  5. hypotypes
  6. hypotyposes
  7. hypotyposis
  8. hypotyrosinemia
  9. hypoubiquitination
  10. hypouricaemia
  11. hypouricaemias

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