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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread litotes #127349 04/13/2004 6:59 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Maybe I'm not the only one who keeps forgetting this. Date: Sat Sep 25 00:01:37 EDT 1999 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--litotes litotes (LI-tuh-teez, LIT-, li-TOH-teez) noun, plural litotes A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as in This is no small problem. [Greek litotes, from litos, plain.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter litotes #127350 06/14/2004 8:34 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,066 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,066 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA litotes ...the word I keep looking for and forgetting - an "opposite" of hyperbole, as it were. Which is no great problem, but is a recurring minor aggravation... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: litotes #127351 06/15/2004 9:53 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I can barely remember any of those rhetorical figure terms. I wish I knew a good source for looking them up from meaning. The Forest is good but I never seem to be able to work with their categories or they end up being at odds with other sources. http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: litotes #127352 06/15/2004 2:22 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's a short list (of 45) of the more useful(?) terms, which has the benefit of being searchable. http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: short list #127353 06/15/2004 4:11 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Wall, that's fine if you know the word and want to know what it means. It's when you know what it means, but don't know the word that's got me bumfuzzled. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: short list #127354 06/15/2004 5:31 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass which is why I mentioned the searchable (i.e., via a page find) aspect, if you use some key words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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