Obs. [ad. mod.L. liptotēs, blundered form of lītotēs. Cf. MDu. liptote.] = LITOTES.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, III. xvii. (Arb.), 195. By another [figure] we temper our sence with wordes of such moderation, as in appearaunce it abateth it but not in deede, and is by the figure Liptote.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies, Cambridgesh., I. (1662), 157. Bale beginneth very coldly in his commendation…, Vir non omnino stupidus...; but we understand the language of his Liptote.
