| noun | 1. A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole. |
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| | | "By adding adynaton, the story at the beginning of his speech went from mundane to fantastic." |
| | | "He was using adynaton, but the counselor's campfire story was so scary, none of us could sleep." |
| | | "The keynote speaker opened the address with a story full of adynaton." |
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| Latin, mid-17th century |
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| If you take a rhetoric class, you'll learn many tools for persuasive writing and public speaking. One of these tricks is adynaton, which is a form of hyperbole in which an impossible situation is described to make a point. Think: "raining cats and dogs" or "when pigs fly." ... | Continue Reading |
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