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litotes noun [ ˈlʌɪtətiːz ]

• ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g. I shan't be sorry for I shall be glad ).
Origin: late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek litotēs, from litos ‘plain, meagre’.


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