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Webster 1913 Edition
Accismus
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Ac-cis′mus
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]
(Rhet.)
Affected refusal; coyness.
Definition 2024
accismus
accismus
English
Noun
accismus
- (rhetoric) Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
Translations
Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.