exaggerator (egzajerator)

[ You write so of the poets and not laugh? Those virtuous liars, dreamers after dark, Exaggerators of the sun and moon, And soothsayers in a tea-cup? Mrs. Browning, Aurora Leigh, i. exaggeratory (eg-zaj'e-rā-to-ri), a . [ exagger ate+-ory.] Containing exaggeration. You fall into the common errours of exaggeratory de clam at i on, by producing, in a familiar disquisition, exam ples of national calamities, and scenes of extensive misery. Johnson, Ra elas, xxviii. exagitatet (eg-zaj'i-tāt), v. t. [L. exagitatus, pp. of exagitare (> It. esagitare = Pg. exagitar ), shake up, stir up, rouse, disturb, rail at, reproach, IMG:content-0845.png:[blocks in formation] 4. In the fine arts , to heighten extravagantly 2. To pursue with invectives or reproaches; or disproportionately in effect or design: as, to exaggerate particular features in a painting or statue. Syn. 3 and 4. To strain, stretch, overcolor, caricature. See list under aggravate. II. in trans . To amplify unduly in thought or in description; use exaggeration in speech or writing. exaggerated (eg-zaj'e-rā-ted), p. a. In zoöl., larger, more conspicuous, or more positive than that which is normal; specifically, in entom., of deeper color: as, a species with exaggerated characters; exaggerated marks, spines, proce es, etc.; a dark band exaggerated in the center. exaggeratedly (eg-zaj'e-rā-ted-li), adv. To an exce ive or exaggerated degree. They are intensely, even exaggeratedly , negroid in the form of the nose. W. H. Flower , in Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 319.