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Definition of Hyperbolists
1. hyperbolist [n] - See also: hyperbolist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperbolists
Literary usage of Hyperbolists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1844)
"... and accompanying the request with all the entreaties common with the pauper
hyperbolists of the East. The man of wealth characteristically calls him a ..."
2. An Inquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of by Jonathan Edwards (1831)
"The friends of the first of the curves would think themselves justified in
denouncing the hyperbolists as extravagant heretics ; while these, and with equal ..."
3. A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Late William Taylor of Norwich by Robert Southey, Walter Scott (1843)
"What I said of Jef- fray respected his talents, not his consistency : he always
exaggerates, as every stimulant writer must do: and all hyperbolists appear ..."
4. First Footsteps in East Africa; Or, An Exploration of Härar by Richard Francis Burton, John Hanning Speke, William C. Barker (1856)
"... was certain destruction,— I contented myself with determining that both were
true Oriental hyperbolists, and fell into more frequent fits of passion. ..."
5. Essay on the Application of Abstract Reasoning to the Christian Doctrines by Isaac Taylor (1832)
"The friends of the first of the curves would think themselves justified in
denouncing the hyperbolists as extravagant heretics; while these, and with equal ..."
6. Papers on Literary and Philosophical Subjects: Including a Selection from by Patrick Campbell Macdougall (1852)
"The friends of the first of the curves would think themselves justified in
denouncing the hyperbolists as extravagant heretics ; while these, and with equal ..."
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