METALEPSIS

metalepsis

(noun) substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

metalepsis (countable and uncountable, plural metalepses)

(rhetoric) 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.

Synonyms

• transumption

Anagrams

• timelapses

Source: Wiktionary

Met`a*lep"sis, n.; pl. Metalepses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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