| Figure Name | chleuasmos |
| Source | Bullinger (1898) ("chleuasmos; or, mocking") |
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| Synonyms | mocking, eplcertomesis, mycterismos |
| Etymology | Gr. "mocking, scoffing sneering, jeering" from chleuee "a jest" and chleaza "to make a jest, scoff at" |
| Type | None |
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| Definition |
1. An Expression of Feeling by Mocking and Jeering... The figure is used when the speaker or writer excites laughter by a jeer or sneer; or excited ridicule by turning up the nose. (Bullinger, 913) |
| Example |
1. Ps. 2:4. -"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision." (Bullinger, 913) |
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| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
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| Reviewed | No |