- This figure of speech is more accessible and familiar than any definition could make it sound, but essentially, litotes is a lighter, less harsh version of verbal irony.
- Litotes, is a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives to express an affirmation of positive sentiment.
- There are a number of things you can look for in order to identify whether or not a statement is litotes. Litotes is Always a Form of Understatement.
- The word litotes is of Greek origin (λιτότης), meaning 'simplicity', and is derived from the word λιτός, litos, meaning 'plain, simple, small or meager'.[10].
- Common phrases involving litotes include in no small measure and by no means negligible.
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- Litotes —. — the gift of turning a sinking ship into a minor inconvenience. — the art of making a volcanic eruption sound like a burp.
- Litotes is a figure of speech. Its meaning is not intended to be taken literally. Litotes is a type of understatement that uses negative words to express the contrary.
- The pattern for early litotes was to start with two words, mainly a positive and a negative connected by a particle.
- Litotes, as a figure of speech, is a rhetorical device used to make an understatement by negating the opposite of the statement that is meant to be...
