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† liptote Obs.
[ad. mod.L. liptotēs, blundered form of lītotēs. Cf. MDu. liptote.]
= litotes.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. (Arb.) 195 By another [figure] we temper our sence with wordes of such moderation, as in appearaunce it abateth it but not in deede, and is by the figure Liptote. a1661Fuller Worthies, Cambridgesh. i. (1662) 157 Bale beginneth very coldly in his commendation.., Vir non omnino stupidus..; but we understand the language of his Liptote. |