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Adynaton (/ˌædɪˈnɑːtɒn, -tən/;
plural adynata) is a
figure of
speech in the form of
hyperbole taken to such
extreme lengths as to
insinuate a complete...
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There are many
common idioms of improbability, or
adynata, used to
denote that a
given event is
impossible or
extremely unlikely to occur. As a response...
- butt", po****rized in Wayne's
World skits and movies. They are
examples of
adynata. An
exact phrase exists in Spanish,
Cuando los
chanchos vuelen, literally...
- You?), 1981
Athens International Film Festival,
Special Merit Award (for
Adynata), 1984
Rhode Island Council on the Arts,
Grant (for
Peggy and Fred in ****)...
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giant ****
rolled over a
Waffle House,
killing several clowns") and/or
adynata (e.g., "P]igeons came
along and ate his eyes, and
seagulls ripped his stomach...
- ISBN 9780806136219. Marcovich, Miroslav; Georgiadou,
Aristoula (1988). "Eucheria's
Adynata".
Illinois classical Studies. 13: 165–166. Mathisen,
Ralph (1982). "PLRE...
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extremely versatile and can be
applied to a
variety of situations.
Linked to
adynata or impossibilia, a
rhetorical device which describes a
natural impossibility...
- Kaszab, 1982 (Australasia)
Adosogria Borchmann, 1936 (tropical Africa)
Adynata Fåhraeus, 1870 (the
Palearctic and
tropical Africa)
Aediatorix Bates, 1868...
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regions of the Old World.
Plagiolepis abyssinica Forel, 1894
Plagiolepis adynata Bolton, 1995
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894
Plagiolepis ampeloni (Faber...
- 1866
Cacoecia tessulatana Meyrick, 1881
Capua acrita Turner, 1916
Capua adynata Turner, 1945
Capua arrosta Turner, 1945
Capua arrythmodes Turner, 1946...
