kyriolexy
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Noun edit
kyriolexy (uncountable)
- (rare) The use of literal expressions, as opposed to figurative; of clear, as opposed to obscure.
- 2012, Foo Yin Tung, This is Business: My Life as a Singapore Gangster II, page 118:
- “Is my kyriolexy hasty for your obtuse brain?” I said sarcastically.