What is diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is called?
meiosis — Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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