गुणीभूत [guṇībhūta] a.
Deprived of the original meaning or importance.
Made secondary or subordinate; गुणी- भूताः स्म ते राजन्
[Mb.14.71.24.] Invested with attributes.
Made or having become a merit or ornament.
Varied according to qualities.
Having a certain force or application (as a word &c.). -Comp.
-व्यङ्ग्यम् (in Rhet.) the second of the three divisions of Kāvya (poetry), in which the charm of the suggested sense is not more striking than that of the expressed one.
[S. D.] thus defines it: अपरं तु गुणीभूतव्यङ्ग्यं वाच्यादनुत्तमे व्यङ्ग्ये । 265. This division of Kāvya is further subdivided into 8 classes; see
[S. D.] 266 and
[K. P.5.]