DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
litotes
/'laɪtə,tiz/ · laɪtətiz
Litotes has 3 syllables: li · to · tes.
li
01
to
02
tes
03
noun. Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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