Definitions
Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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[…]”
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01“Exaggeration”9 letters
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