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hypotyposis

hypotyposis noun: a vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.

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

Forms of hypotyposis

pluralhypotyposes

Origin of hypotyposis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Questions about hypotyposis

What does hypotyposis mean?
Hypotyposis means a vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.
What part of speech is hypotyposis?
Hypotyposis is a noun.
What is the plural of hypotyposis?
The plural of hypotyposis is hypotyposes.

Words near hypotyposis in the dictionary

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

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