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- Ancient Greek · derived fromαὔξησις“growth”
- English todayauxesis
From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).
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auxesis
Today it means: Overstatement, hyperbole. Full definition →
Ancient Greek αὔξησις