metalepsisn.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈlɛpsɪs/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈlɛpsəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin metalepsis, metalēmpsis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin metalepsis (4th cent.), variant of classical Latin metalēmpsis (1st cent. a.d. in Quintilian) < ancient Greek μετάληψις alternation, succession (in Hellenistic Greek as a rhetorical term) < μετα- meta- prefix + -ληψις -lepsy comb. form, after μεταλαμβάνειν to substitute. Compare Middle French, French métalepse (1585 in Middle French; earlier in form metalepsis (1546 in Rabelais)).The form metalēmpsis reflects nasalization in later pronunciation of Greek.

Rhetoric.

The rhetorical figure consisting in the metonymical substitution of one word for another which is itself a metonym; (more generally) any metaphorical usage resulting from a series or succession of figurative substitutions. Also: an instance of this. Cf. transumption n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metonymy > indirect or complex type of

metalepsis1550

far-fet1589

1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Cv Transsumpcion, is when by degrees we go to y^t that is shewed as: he hyd hym selfe in the blacke dennes. By blacke, is vnder stand ful of darkenes & consequently stepe downe, and verye depe. [Margin] Metalepsis.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. 152 The figure Metalepsis, which I call the farfet, as when we had rather fetch a word a great way off then to vse one nerer hand to expresse the matter aswel & plainer.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 3 Metalepsis, which is when divers Tropes are shut up in one word: as, 2 King. 2. 9. I pray thee let me have a double portion of thy spirit.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. xiv. 293 When the Trope is founded on the relation between an antecedent and a consequent, or what goes before, and immediately follows after, it is then called a Metalepsis.

1842 Southern Q. Rev. Oct. 318 Our limits do not not permit our quoting, entire, his perfect and successful metalepsis on love, which we regard as high evidence of his poetical inspiration.

1930 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 93 237 Naturally a man who could combine a synecdoche and a metalepsis with intent to deceive would be capable of anything.

1975 H. Bloom Map of Misreading ii. v. 102 In a metalepsis a word is substituted metonymically for a word in a previous trope, so that a metalepsis can be called, maddeningly but accurately, a metonymy of a metonymy.

1994 ELH 61 987 Clearly, there is an act of metalepsis involved in this process of objectification (or at least of transcendence to another finite center).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metalepsis
释义	metalepsisn. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈlɛpsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈlɛpsəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin metalepsis, metalēmpsis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin metalepsis (4th cent.), variant of classical Latin metalēmpsis (1st cent. a.d. in Quintilian) < ancient Greek μετάληψις alternation, succession (in Hellenistic Greek as a rhetorical term) < μετα- meta- prefix + -ληψις -lepsy comb. form, after μεταλαμβάνειν to substitute. Compare Middle French, French métalepse (1585 in Middle French; earlier in form metalepsis (1546 in Rabelais)).The form metalēmpsis reflects nasalization in later pronunciation of Greek. Rhetoric. The rhetorical figure consisting in the metonymical substitution of one word for another which is itself a metonym; (more generally) any metaphorical usage resulting from a series or succession of figurative substitutions. Also: an instance of this. Cf. transumption n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metonymy > indirect or complex type of metalepsis1550 far-fet1589 1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Cv Transsumpcion, is when by degrees we go to y^t that is shewed as: he hyd hym selfe in the blacke dennes. By blacke, is vnder stand ful of darkenes & consequently stepe downe, and verye depe. [Margin] Metalepsis. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. 152 The figure Metalepsis, which I call the farfet, as when we had rather fetch a word a great way off then to vse one nerer hand to expresse the matter aswel & plainer. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 3 Metalepsis, which is when divers Tropes are shut up in one word: as, 2 King. 2. 9. I pray thee let me have a double portion of thy spirit. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. xiv. 293 When the Trope is founded on the relation between an antecedent and a consequent, or what goes before, and immediately follows after, it is then called a Metalepsis. 1842 Southern Q. Rev. Oct. 318 Our limits do not not permit our quoting, entire, his perfect and successful metalepsis on love, which we regard as high evidence of his poetical inspiration. 1930 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 93 237 Naturally a man who could combine a synecdoche and a metalepsis with intent to deceive would be capable of anything. 1975 H. Bloom Map of Misreading ii. v. 102 In a metalepsis a word is substituted metonymically for a word in a previous trope, so that a metalepsis can be called, maddeningly but accurately, a metonymy of a metonymy. 1994 ELH 61 987 Clearly, there is an act of metalepsis involved in this process of objectification (or at least of transcendence to another finite center). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550
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