adynaton

[网络] 怪诞诗;不能;不可能比喻格

发音

UK /ædɪˈnɑːtɒn/
其它
UK /-t(ə)n/
US /ædəˈnɑtn̩/

词形变化

adynata 复数 adynata adynatons adynatons 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole.

    可数 不可数

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin adynaton (“impossibility; adynaton”), or directly from its etymon Ancient Greek ἀδύνατον (adúnaton, “an impossibility; impracticality”), substantivized neuter singular of ἀδύνατος (adúnatos, “unable; that cannot be done, impossible”) + -ον (-on, suffix forming nouns). The word ἀδύνατος is derived from ἀ- (a-, the alpha privative, a prefix forming words having a sense opposite to the word or stem to which it is attached) + δῠνᾰτός (dŭnătós, “mighty, strong; possible, practical”) (from δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai, “to be able, capable; it can be, it is possible”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to fit”)) + -τος (-tos, suffix forming verbal adjectives of possibility)).

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