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   simile

   /ˈsɪmɪli/

   noun

   • 1. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion).
   • ▪ the use of similes as a method of comparison: "his audacious deployment of simile and metaphor"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin, neuter of similis ‘like’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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