Monday, May 23, 2016

Today's words: Understatement edition

litotes /LYE-tuh-teez/ - understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary.
I love learning a word that describes something I do all the time. This one's not bad!
meiosis /mye-OH-sis/ -  the presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect.
I was, of course, familiar with this from of cellular reproduction, but not with this sense of the word. This one is okay, too!

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