How to pronounce adynaton
American English pronunciation
ad-uh-NAH-tun
- IPA
- /ˌædəˈnɑtən/
- Syllables
- ad · uh · NAH · tun (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What adynaton means
An overstatement so big it describes something impossible
In a sentence: "I'll clean my room when pigs fly" is an adynaton.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Greek word for an impossible thing, made from words meaning not and able.
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