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noun, feminine

hyperbole

/i.pɛʁ.bɔl/

noun, feminine/i.pɛʁ.bɔl/plural: hyperboles

hyperbole; hyperbola

From Middle French hyperbole, yperbole, a learned borrowing from Latin hyperbolē, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”).