hyperbole的词源

英文词源

hyperbole (n.)

early 15c., from Latin hyperbole, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," related to hyperballein "to throw over or beyond," from hyper- "beyond" + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw" (see ballistics). Rhetorical sense is found in Aristotle and Isocrates.

中文词源

hyperbole：夸张

hyper-,超过的，向上的，-boll,扔，词源同ball,ballet,ballistic.即向上扔的，引申词义夸张。

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