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HYPALLAGE
hypallage
(noun) reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in ‘her beauty’s face’)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hypallage (countable and uncountable, plural hypallages)
(rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as a literary device.
Synonyms
• transferred epithet
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*pal"la*ge, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.)
Definition: 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. The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is much the gravest fault in language. Landor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; “he wanted to achieve power and prestige”
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