auxesis

noun

1. A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly — Overstatement, hyperbole.

   countable, uncountable

   Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede.

2. A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly — Arrangement of a series in ascending order.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

3. Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.

   countable, uncountable

   Auxesis, augmentation, increase.

4. The condition of being auxetic

   countable, uncountable

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry auxesis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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