Hyperbolist

Hyperbolist
Hyperbolist \Hy*per"bo*list\, n. One who uses hyperboles. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • hyperbolist — noun see hyperbole …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hyperbolist — hy·per·bo·list …   English syllables

  • hyperbolist — lə̇st noun ( s) : a user of hyperbole humorists and hyperbolists John Hersey …   Useful english dictionary

  • hyperbole — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek hyperbolē excess, hyperbole, hyperbola, from hyperballein to exceed, from hyper + ballein to throw more at devil Date: 15th century extravagant exaggeration (as “mile high ice cream cones”) • hyperbolist noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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