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litotes.

litotes (rhetorical understatement)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈliː.tɔ.teːs]Classical-Latin[ˈliː.to.tes]

  1. litotes (rhetorical understatement)

    Late-Latin · declension-3 · rhetoric
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek λῑτός (lītós) Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs)bor. Latin lītotēs Borrowed from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs).

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