Aureation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aureation is a noun meaning (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
Meaning
(rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
Word Forms
- aureations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ampliatio, rhetorication, acervatio, periergia, graecismus, addubitation.
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