| Figure Name | exouthenismos |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm); Bullinger (1898) ("exouthenismos; or, contempt") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | contempt |
| Etymology | Gr. "scorn, contempt, disparagement" |
| Type | Trope |
| Linguistic Domain |
Semantic |
| Definition |
1. An expression of contempt. (Silva Rhetoricae) 2. An Expression of Feeling by way of Contempt... The figure is used where a speaker or writer expresses contempt of anything. (Bullinger, 911) |
| Example |
1. O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! —Jeremiah 22:23 (Silva Rhetoricae) 2. See 2 Sam. 6:20. Job. 26:2. Jer. 22:23. (Bullinger, 911) |
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| Related Figures | bdelygmia, irony |
| Notes | 'Type of' doesn't seem applicable in this case. |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |