Australian English Meaning of hypallage

Hypallage

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Definitions and Meaning of hypallage in English

Wordnet

hypallage (n)

reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')

Webster

hypallage (n.)

A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, dare classibus austros, to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds.

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Hypallage

reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to oth

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hypaethral => hypaethral, hyp => hip hop, hyostylic => hyostylic, hyosternum => Hyosternum, hyosternal => hyosternal,