ETYM Latin, from Greek, prop., an overshooting, excess, from Greek, to throw over or beyond; hyper over + ballein to throw. Related to Parable, Hyperbola.
Extravagant exaggeration; SYN. exaggeration.
Impression by extravagant exaggeration.
Extravagant rhetorical exaggeration.
Figure of speech; the Greek name suggests “going over the top”. When people use hyperbole, they exaggerate, usually to emphasize a point (“If I’ve told you once I’ve told you a thousand times not to do that”).
1. geom. Kriva u ravni koja ima svojstvo da je za svaku njenu tačku razlika otstojanja od dve stalne tačke uvek ista (konstantna); up. elipsa, parabola;
2. ret. Preterivanje, preterano uvećavanje onoga što treba kazati ili preterano umanjivanje onoga o čemu se govori, u nameri da se na to obrati što veća pažnja, npr.: "LJuto cvili do neba se čuje", "Pravi se manji od makova zrna".
Prevršavanje mere.