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13 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English word —

• litotes n. (Rhetoric) An ironic figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • lítotes n. Plural of lítote.
• Norwegian bokmål
  • litotes n. Form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by litot.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • litotes n. (Pre-2005) alternative form of litot.
• Polish
  • litotes n. (Rhetoric) litotes.

— English word, defined in French —

• litotes n. (Rhétorique) Litote.

— In German —

• Litotes S. Stilistisches Mittel der Hervorhebung durch Verneinung des Gegenteils.

— In Dutch —

• litotes n. Een stijlfiguur waarbij een begrip wordt omschreven door…

— In French —

• litotes n.f. Pluriel de litote.

— In Spanish —

• litotes s. Variante de lítotes.
• lítotes s. Retórica. Figura retórica por la que se pone énfasis en una…

— In Portuguese —

• litotes s. O mesmo que lítotes.
• lítotes s. Figura de linguagem que combina, frequentemente num eufemismo…

25 English words from 5 English definitions

alternative denying figure figure␣of␣speech form ironic its litotes opposite particularly Plural Pre- reform removed Rhetoric something speech spelling spelling␣reform stated superseded the tote whereby with

11 English words from 8 foreign definitions

begrip der des door een Figura litote Mittel num pone que

24 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

combina durch énfasis eufemismo Figura␣de␣linguagem Figura␣retórica frequentemente Gegenteils Hervorhebung linguagem lítotes mesmo omschreven Pluriel por retórica Rhétorique stijlfiguur Stilistisches una Variante Verneinung waarbij wordt

16 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ito ITO IT/OT lit Lit &lit lit. litote OTE tes TEs tot TOT to't tote totes

13 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

EtO ETO set Set SET seṭ Seto til TIL 'til tot TOT to't

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

oil␣test Sottile toilest toilets

28 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

coletits Colettis Elliotts hotliest isolette joltiest kettisol Lizottes loftiest lost␣time oil␣tests otolites pistolet Polettis politest Polittes Sottiles stiletto stolzite testiole timeslot time-slot time␣slot totalise totsicle triolets vestitol Violetts

18 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Eliott isolet lies␣to litest litote lose␣it Lostie lost␣it lottes Lottie Stelio stilet Stolte titles titlos t-lites toiles toilet

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

litote

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