单词 | hyperbolist |
释义 | hyperbolistn. 1. One given to the use of hyperbole; one who uses exaggerated language or statements. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > one who exaggerates > in language embroiderer16.. hyperbolist1661 longbowman1678 distender1831 bullshitter1941 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > hyperbole > one who hyperbolist1661 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 253 I..cease to think the Psalmist an hyperbolist, for comparing the transcendent sweetness of God's word to that inferiour one of honey. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §79 Our ordinary Anecdotarians..do not declaredly transcribe them [libels] into their Text, as our Hyperbolist hath done here. 1872 Daily News 2 Sept. Court hyperbolists and loyal dispatches..had swelled his achievements to the proportions of matchless feats. 2. [nonce-use, < hyperbola n.] ΚΠ 1831 I. Taylor in J. Edwards Inq. Freedom of Will (new ed.) Introd. iii. p. lv The friends of the first of the curves would think themselves justified in denouncing the hyperbolists as extravagant heretics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1661 |
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