exaggeratorn.
/ᵻɡˈzadʒəreɪtə/, /ɛɡˈzadʒəreɪtə/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪdər/, /ɛɡˈzædʒəˌreɪdər/ One who or that which exaggerates.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > one who exaggerates
magnifier1550
overreacher1589
exaggerant1803
exaggerator1822
mahoganite1825
monsterer1840
1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 60 This is the hill that a florid exaggerator has described as a solid mass of coal.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 47 Fear is a great exaggerator.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 31 Those virtuous liars, dreamers after dark, Exaggerators of the sun and moon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1822- bro hug
- broach
- broach steeple
- broach to
- broach-river
- broach-spire
- broach-splitting
- broach-steeple
- broach-turner
- broach-wood
- broached
- broacher
- broachers
- broaches
- broaching
- broaching machine
- broaching machinist
- broaching-bit
- broaching-thurmer
- broaching-to
- broachingbit
- broachingthurmer
- broachingto
- broachriver
- broachspire