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noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek hyperbole excess, ~, hyperbola, from hyperballein to exceed, from hyper- + ballein to throw — more at devil Date: 15th century extravagant exaggeration (as “mile-high ice-cream cones”) • hyperbolist noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. Rhet. an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Derivatives hyperbolical adj. hyperbolically adv. hyperbolism n. Etymology: L (as HYPERBOLA) HYPERBOLIC adj. Geom. of or relating to a hyperbola. Phrases and idioms hyperbolic function a function related to a rectangular hyperbola, e.g. a hyperbolic cosine. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n a way of describing something by saying it is much bigger, smaller, worse etc than it actually is (To say `This chair weighs a ton' is an example of hyperbole.) (- see also exaggerate) - hyperbolic adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from L. hyperbole, from Gk. hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," from hyper- "beyond" + bol-, nom. stem of ballein "to throw." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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