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T S Eliot's quirky figure of speech (7)

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I believe the answer is:

litotes

'figure of speech' is the definition.
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't s eliot's quirky' is the wordplay.
'quirky' indicates an anagram.
't'+'s'+'eliot'='tseliot'
'tseliot' with letters rearranged gives 'LITOTES'.

(Other definitions for litotes that I've seen before include "Figure of speech about toilets" , "An ironic understatement about toilets" , "Ironic figure of speech" , "Town of N. Norway" , "No little pain, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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