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‖ hypotyposis Rhet.|hɪpəʊt(a)ɪˈpəʊsɪs|
[a. Gr. ὑποτύπωσις sketch, outline, pattern, f. ὑποτυπόειν to sketch, f. τύπος impression, form, type.]
Vivid description of a scene, event, or situation, bringing it, as it were, before the eyes of the hearer or reader.
1583Foxe A. & M. 839/2 Under which Hypotyposis or Poesie, who is so blind that seeth not by the Pellican, the doctrine of Christ: and of the Lollardes to be defended against the Church of Rome? a1638Mede Wks. (1672) i. 32 A Poetical or Prophetical hypotyposis of the destruction or fall of Babylon. 1732Stackhouse Hist. Bible Introd. (1767) 64 Above all other figures that whereon poets and orators love to dwell is the hypotyposis or lively description. 1897Dublin Rev. Oct. 387 Simple and suitable language, the effective metaphor, ‘the nervous hypotyposis’ may be introduced. |