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litotes

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7 lettersPronunciation /laɪˈtəʊ.tiːz/Part of speech nounSorted eilosttStarts with LEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lītotēs, from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs, literally “plainness”), from λιτός (litós, “simple”).

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