Adynaton Definition

noun

(rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility.

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Singular:
adynaton
Plural:
adynata, adynatons

Origin of Adynaton

  • From Ancient Greek ἀδυνατον (adynaton, “an impossibility, impracticality”), from α- (a-, “without”) + δύναμαι (dynamai, “I am powerful, I am able”)

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