Word of the Day: Hyperbole
hy-per-bol-e / hīˈpərbəlē
noun
- extreme exaggeration
I’ll always marvel at the liveliness of southern speech – so full of metaphor and hyperbole, quirks and vividness.
Frances Mayes, 1940-
- a dramatic overstatement or figure of speech not meant to be taken literally
The speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but love.
Francis Bacon, 1561-1626