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metaleptic, a.|mɛtəˈlɛptɪk|
[ad. mod.L. metalēpticus, a. Gr. µεταληπτικός, f. µεταλαµβάνειν: see metalepsis.]
a. Participating or acting with: spec. applied to muscles.
b. Pertaining to metalepsis or to metalepsy.
1656Blount Glossogr., Metaleptick..that hath the power of participating, or pertains to the figure Metalepsis. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Metalepticus, a Metaleptick Motion of the Muscles. 1890Syd. Soc. Lex.
So metaˈleptical a.
1850in Ogilvie. |