auxesis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly; Overstatement, hyperbole. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
    — Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede.
  2. A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly; Arrangement of a series in ascending order. countable,obsolete,rhetoric,uncountable
  3. Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division. countable,uncountable
    — Auxesis, augmentation, increase.
  4. The condition of being auxetic countable,uncountable

词形变化

auxeses plural

词汇关系

近义词
amplification amplificatio spin hyperbole
反义词
antonym(s) of catacosmesis merisis
衍生词
auxetic auxetically
相关词
tachyauxesis heterauxesis pleonasm

词源

From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).
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