† liptote Obs.
[ad. mod.L. liptotēs, blundered form of lītotēs. Cf. MDu. liptote.]
= litotes.
| 1589 Puttenham 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. a 1661 Fuller Worthies, Cambridgesh. i. (1662) 157 Bale beginneth very coldly in his commendation.., Vir non omnino stupidus..; but we understand the language of his Liptote. |