hypotyposis

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

hypotyposis (plural hypotyposes)

1. (rhetoric) A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 46:

     Hypotyposis persons, things, events,
     In vivid language to the eye presents.]

See also

• ekphrasis

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hypotyposis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)