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Noun Concept
Categories: Figures of speech, Poetic devices
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adynaton  adynata  Adynatum  impossibilia
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Adynaton is a figure of speech in the form of hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths as to insinuate a complete impossibility: I will sooner have a beard grow in the palm of my hand than he shall get one on his cheek. Wikipedia
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Adynaton is a figure of speech in the form of hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths as to insinuate a complete impossibility: I will sooner have a beard grow in the palm of my hand than he shall get one on his cheek. Wikipedia
Figure of speech in the form of hyperbole Wikidata
A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole. Wiktionary
Form of hyperbole that expresses impossibility. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
hyperbole
HAS KIND
when pigs fly
HAS INSTANCE
when pigs fly
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adynata, Adynatum, impossibilia
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adynata

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