- Types Of Speech
- You can use litotes as a noun in a sentence.
- About Litotes
- A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters e, i, l, o, s, and t, 4 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter o. Litotes starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters l, li, lit, lito, litot, and the ending characters are s, es, tes, otes, totes, ..
- Definition
- Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset'' when you mean `I was very upset'' is an example of litotes"
- Origin/Roots
- Ancient Greek
- Scrabble
- Is litotes a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Litotes in Pig Latin is said as "itoteslay or itoteslway".
- Unigram
- l | i | t | o | t | e | s
- Bigram
- li | it | to | ot | te | es
- Trigram
- lit | ito | tot | ote | tes
- Quadrigram
- lito | itot | tote | otes
- Word Gram
Anagram | Definition |
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Litotes | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) "saying `I was not a little upset'' when you mean `I was very upset'' is an example of litotes" |
View English words with the unique letters used in litotes. Words With The Letters Eilost
Word | Definition |
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Rhetorical Device | |
Understatement | a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Teleostei (9 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +2 | teleostei | ||
Dovetail (8 letters) | 12 +5 | 14 +6 | dovetail | ||
Oilstove (8 letters) | 11 +4 | 13 +5 | oilstove | ||
Stiletto (8 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +1 | stiletto | ||
Solitude (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 11 +3 | solitude | ||
Litotes (7 letters) | 7 | 8 | litotes | ||
Diastole (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +2 | sodalite | ||
Sweet Oil (9 letters) | |||||
Stoolie (7 letters) | 7 | 8 | stoolie | ||
Socialite (9 letters) | 11 +4 | 13 +5 | socialite | ||
St Leo I (8 letters) | |||||
Ostiole (7 letters) | 7 | 8 | stoolie | ||
Isoetales (9 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +2 | aeeilosst | ||
Elastosis (9 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +2 | elastosis | ||
Ateliosis (9 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +2 | ateliosis | ||
Sodalite (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +2 | sodalite | ||
Solstice (8 letters) | 10 +3 | 12 +4 | solstice | ||
Totalise (8 letters) | 8 +1 | 9 +1 | aeilostt | ||
Dislocate (9 letters) | 12 +5 | 14 +6 | dislocate | ||
Isolate (7 letters) | 7 | 8 | isolate | ||
Lose It (7 letters) | |||||
Oscillate (9 letters) | 11 +4 | 14 +6 | oscillate | ||
Isolated (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +2 | sodalite | ||
Solicited (9 letters) | 12 +5 | 14 +6 | solicited | ||
Dissolute (9 letters) | 10 +3 | 12 +4 | dissolute |
Litotes Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With L
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters