köken: From Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), from εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), from εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”), from φάναι (phánai, “to speak, say”).
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litotes (figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive)
çekim: çoğul litoty · tamlayan litoty
eş: litotes
köken: Etymology tree French litotebor. Polish litota Borrowed from French litote. Doublet of litotes.
Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- Middle French mal- French mal-bor. Esperanto mal- Esperanto tro Esperanto -ig- Esperanto -o Esperanto maltroigo From mal- (“opposite”) + tro (“too”) + -ig- (“-ify”) + -o.