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- n. rhetoric The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
Etymologies
- aureate + -ion, from Latin aureatus ("decorated with gold") (Wiktionary)
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LIT - stylistic schemes & rhetorical ...
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affect, deleterious, nuance, pliant, verbatim, pertinent, latter, municipality, provincial, voyeuristic, circumlocution, wane and 798 more...
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