thaumasmus
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English[edit]
Examples (rhetoric) |
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin, from Ancient Greek θαυμασμός (thaumasmós, “a wondering”).
Noun[edit]
thaumasmus (countable and uncountable)
- (rhetoric) The presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.