Australian English Meaning of metalepsis

metalepsis

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Definitions and Meaning of metalepsis in English

Wordnet

metalepsis (n)

substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

Webster

metalepsis (n.)

The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.

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metalepsis

substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for anotherThe continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or

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metalepses => Metalepses, metaled => Metalled, metaldehyde => Metaldehyde, metal-cutting => metal-cutting, metal-coloured => Metallic-coloured,