rhetorical device

Meaning of word rhetorical device from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance).

astana (noun)
Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

get stuck (verb)
Be unable to move further.

rusticity (noun)
The quality of being rustic or gauche.

submaxilla (noun)
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.

nepalese (noun)
A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

sunk fence (noun)
A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

angler fish (noun)
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

agonizing (adjective)
Extremely painful.

inversely (adverb)
In an inverse or contrary manner.

defloration (noun)
An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.