hyperbole
/haɪˈpɜːbəˌli/high-PUR-buh-lee
/haɪˈpɝbəˌli/high-PUR-buh-lee
Meaninga throwing beyond
Common meaning: exaggeration
- hyperover, beyond normal
- bolto throw; a throwLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 593 · scan
‘over, beyond normal’ + ‘to throw’ → hyperbole
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√GAR‘fall’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 96, p. 733 · scan
- Greekβάλλω; βολή‘to throw’
- Latinhyperbole
- Englishhyperbole‘exaggeration’ · today
hyper- also in: hyperactivehyperparameterhypersensitivehypersensitivity
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek βάλλω; βολή ‘to throw; a throw’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry βάλλω, p. 593 · dictionary scan
Roots
- βάλλω; βολή Greek “to throw; a throw”
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