aureation
The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions…The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
Meaning
1 senses(rhetoric, uncountable, usually)The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
Origin
From aureate + -ion, from Latin aureatus (“decorated with gold”).From aureate + -ion, from Latin aureatus (“decorated with gold”).
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Forms
plural: aureations| Singular | aureation |
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uncountable
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable