Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MEI-O'SIS
MEI-O'SIS, n. [Gr. μειοσις.]
Diminution; a rhetorical figure, a species of hyperbole, representing a thing less than it is. Beattie.
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MEI-O'SIS, n. [Gr. μειοσις.]
Diminution; a rhetorical figure, a species of hyperbole, representing a thing less than it is. Beattie.
Return to page 54 of the letter “M”.