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Richard Lanham defines adianoeta as "an expression that has an obvious meaning and an unsuspected secret one beneath." His example is what one says to a good friend who is also a poor novelist: "I will lose no time in reading your new book" link
ah dee ah noh EE tah; Gk, unintelligible
hence, adianoetic?
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