See also:

• LITOTES (Gr. XtrOrzls, plainness, ALTOS, plain, simple, smooth)

LITOTES (Gr. XtrOrzls, plainness, ALTOS, See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, See also:

• SIMPLE

simple, smooth) , a rhetorical figure in which emphasis is secured for a statement by turning it into a denial of the contrary, e.g . " a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen of no mean See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city," i.e. a citizen of a famous city, "A. is not a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man to be neglected." See also:

• LITOTES (Gr. XtrOrzls, plainness, ALTOS, plain, simple, smooth)

Litotes is sometimes used for what should be more strictly called "meiosis" (Gr . µeiwves, lessening, diminution, peiow, lesser), where the expressions used apparently are weak or understated, but the effect is to intensify .