Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auxesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aux-e-sis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The condition of being auxetic

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede."
"Auxesis, augmentation, increase."
"Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

auxeses (plural)

Derived Forms

auxetic auxetically

Frequently Paired Words

tachyauxesis heterauxesis pleonasm

Synonyms

amplification amplificatio spin hyperbole climax

Antonyms

meiosis antonym(s) of catacosmesis merisis

Questions

What does auxesis mean?: A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
Where does auxesis come from?: From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).

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