单词 | superjection |
释义 | superjectionn. 1. Rhetoric. An exaggeration; hyperbole. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] flattering?c1225 supersault1503 exaggeration1565 exsuperation1623 transcendence1625 aggravation1628 superlationa1637 overreach1653 superjection1654 fulsomeness1684 claptrap1819 overcolouring1843 mirch masala1980 mirch1985 1654 C. Barksdale tr. H. Grotius Of Law of Warre & Peace iii. xi. 497 A figurative speech, ironicall or hyperbolicall (which figure, as Seneca saith, by a ly arrives at truth, and is called by Quintilian a lying superjection). 1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 204 His nimieties of expression, his diffluences, redundances, superjections, and transiliences of speech. 1979 Musical Times 120 816/2 Orpheus's own melody is full of other kinds of figure—the rhetorical devices of anticipation..extension, superjection..and other details characteristic of florid melody. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Superiection, a laying or casting upon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1654 |
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