† liptoten.

Etymology: < modern Latin liptotēs, blundered form of lītotēs. Compare Middle Dutch liptote.

Obsolete.

= litotes n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > understatement or underplaying

diminution1303

meiosis1550

extenuation1589

liptote1589

meiosis1642

litote1645

litotes1656

understatement1799

underplaying1896

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > expression by negative of opposite

liptote1589

meiosis1642

litote1645

litotes1656

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 153 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.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 157 Bale beginneth very coldly in his commendation..Vir non omnino stupidus..but we understand the language of his Liptote.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	liptote
释义	† liptoten. Etymology: < modern Latin liptotēs, blundered form of lītotēs. Compare Middle Dutch liptote. Obsolete. = litotes n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > understatement or underplaying diminution1303 meiosis1550 extenuation1589 liptote1589 meiosis1642 litote1645 litotes1656 understatement1799 underplaying1896 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > expression by negative of opposite liptote1589 meiosis1642 litote1645 litotes1656 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 153 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. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 157 Bale beginneth very coldly in his commendation..Vir non omnino stupidus..but we understand the language of his Liptote. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1589
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