Meanings
nounhypotyposis (plural hypotyposes)
plural hypotyposes
- rhetoricA vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.
Hypotyposis persons, things, events, In vivid language to the eye presents.
1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Hypotyposis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 46
Origin
New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese 示現 /示现
- 示現 /示现 (shìxiàn)Translations
French hypotypose
- hypotyposeTranslations
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