hyperbole
nounEtymology
From Middle English iperbole, yperbole, from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-). Doublet of hyperbola.
Definitions
Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
- Hyperbole soars too high, or creeps too low, Exceeds the truth, things wonderful to shew.
- The great staircase, however, may be termed, without much hyperbole, a feature of grandeur and magnificence.
- "Nay, nay, good Sumach," interrupted the Deerslayer, whose love of truth was too indomitable to listen to such hyperbole, with patience[…]
An instance or example of such overstatement.
- […]and when he ſpeakes, / 'Tis like a Chime a mending. With tearmes vnſquar' / Which from the tongue of roaring Typhon dropt, / Would ſeemes Hyperboles
A hyperbola.
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Derived
cyberbole, hyperbolic, hyperbolism, hyperbolist, hyperbolize
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at hyperbole. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at hyperbole. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at hyperbole
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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