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litotes
‖ litotes Rhet. (ˈlaɪtəʊtiːz) [Gr. λῑτότης, f. λῑτός smooth, plain, small, meagre.] A figure of speech, in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary; an instance of this. Examples of litotes are: ‘A citizen of no mean city’; ‘When no small tempest lay on us.’1657 J. Smith Mys... Oxford English Dictionary
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Litotes
Classical litotes The first known mention of litotes is in a letter from Cicero in 55 BC (De Oratore). Old Norse had several types of litotes. wikipedia.org
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Litotes - Examples and Definition of Litotes - Literary Devices
Litotes is a figure of speech featuring a phrase that utilizes negative wording or terms to express a positive assertion or statement. Litotes is a common literary device, most often used in speech, rhetoric, and nonfiction. As a figure of speech, the meaning of litotes is not literal. Instead, litotes is intended to be a form of understatement ...
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litotes
litotes/ˈlaɪtəuti:z; `laɪtoˌtiz/ n[U]ironical understatement,esp using a negative to emphasize the contrary 曲言（尤指用否定的词语, 强调其反义的修辞法, 如 It wasn't easy ｀此事不易＇意为It was very difficult｀此事很难＇）. 牛津英汉双解词典
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The Double Negative: It's Not Unusual (Sometimes)
One way to interpret a sentence containing a double negative is to read it mathematically. In math, if you multiply two negative integers (e.g., -5 x -7), the resulting product is a positive integer (+35). Similarly, if you combine two negative expressions in the same sentence, one might be tempted to read the sentence as a positive expression.
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Auxesis (figure of speech)
point See also Anticlimax, the opposite of auxesis in its climactic sense Catacosmesis, a form of anticlimax Figure of speech Banter Meiosis and litotes wikipedia.org
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liptote
† 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... Oxford English Dictionary
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A Zacinto
In the poem we can find enjambments, alliterations, apostrophes, synecdoches, anastrophes and a litotes. wikipedia.org
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Rhodacanthis
The two prehistoric species, R. forfex and R. litotes, were denizens of more lowland tropical dry forests and shrublands on Kauai, Maui, and Oahu. flaviceps Rothschild, 1892 – lesser koa finch (extinct, 1891) Rhodacanthis forfex James & Olson, 2005 – scissor-billed koa finch (prehistoric) Rhodacanthis litotes wikipedia.org
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Why does "less than" mean "not" in "A little more than kin, and less than kind"? In Act 1, Scene 2, Line 65, _Hamlet_ > _[Aside]_ "A little more than kin, and **less than** kind" does **less than** mean **not**? If ...
Meiosis) It's a figure of speech, a form of understatement. Hamlet is describing a total lack as if it were a mere diminishment. This also lets him frame it as an antithesis.
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Meiosis (figure of speech)
Meiosis is the opposite of auxesis, and is often compared to litotes. The term is derived from the Greek (“to make smaller”, "to diminish"). wikipedia.org
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Diminution (satire)
the implication that the thing being compared is inferior as well), focusing on a person's unappealing physical features, or using irony, meiosis, or litotes wikipedia.org
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Beasts of battle
the raven as animals sacred to Wōden; their role as eaters of the fallen victims certainly, he says, accords with the fondness of Old English poets for litotes wikipedia.org
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【文学】57种Scheme修辞解释（下） - 知乎 - 知乎专栏
Oct 1, 2023Litotes是一种轻描淡写的表达方式，通常会以meiosis的形式出现，它总是故意为了强调某一点。但是否定的解释可能取决于上下文，包括文化背景。 在口语中，litotes可能还取决于语调和强调；例如，"not bad"这个短语的语调不同，可以表示"一般"或"很好"。
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Paradiastole
See also Litotes Meiosis (figure of speech) References Cuddon, J.A., ed. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 3rd ed. wikipedia.org
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