metalepsis
Meanings
Plural: metalepses
Noun
- substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
- A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 0
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