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umber(2) (iou) and auxesis (iou)


umber(2) (iou)



umber noun2. L15.
[Old French umbre, (also mod.) ombre, orig. umbre de mer, umbre de riviere, from Latin umbra (app. the maigre: cf. German Umberfish, Dutch ombervis): perh. same word as UMBER noun1 Cf. UMBRA noun2.]
The grayling (fish), Thymallus thymallus.

auxesis (iou)



auxesis noun. L16.
[Late Latin from Greek auxesis increase, amplification.]
1. Rhetoric. Increase in intensity of meaning; hyperbole; amplification. L16.
2. Biology. Increase, growth; esp. increase in size by expansion of cell size or number of cells. M19.
auxetic adjective M18.