metonymicadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈnɪmɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈnɪmɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metonymy n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < metonymy n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier metonymical adj.

Chiefly Rhetoric, Literary Theory, and Linguistics.

Of the nature of, relating to, or involving metonymy; (of a word) used metonymically.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > metonymic

metonymical1563

analogical1623

analogous1653

metonymic1775

analogistic1881

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Metonymic, used by way of metonymy.

1921 Man 21 147 He suggests that hal is a tribal name.., and that the present topographical use is a later metonymic development.

1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) v. 85 As he had paused in the hall outside Domnar's door..he had not yet..felt the metonymic urge that would prompt him..to substitute the effect for the cause.

1969 P. Anderson in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 261 ‘I’ is no longer I in the opaque, metonymic double-entendre of Freud's patients.

1983 T. Eagleton Lit. Theory iii. 99 Some literary forms..tend to be metonymic..; other forms..are highly metaphorical.

1989 R. Alter Pleasures of Reading iii. 101 It is a strikingly compressed metaphor, the lantern personified or rather seen as a metonymic extension of the human hand that holds it up.

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

单词	metonymic
释义	metonymicadj. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈnɪmɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈnɪmɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metonymy n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < metonymy n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier metonymical adj. Chiefly Rhetoric, Literary Theory, and Linguistics. Of the nature of, relating to, or involving metonymy; (of a word) used metonymically. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > metonymic metonymical1563 analogical1623 analogous1653 metonymic1775 analogistic1881 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Metonymic, used by way of metonymy. 1921 Man 21 147 He suggests that hal is a tribal name.., and that the present topographical use is a later metonymic development. 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) v. 85 As he had paused in the hall outside Domnar's door..he had not yet..felt the metonymic urge that would prompt him..to substitute the effect for the cause. 1969 P. Anderson in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 261 ‘I’ is no longer I in the opaque, metonymic double-entendre of Freud's patients. 1983 T. Eagleton Lit. Theory iii. 99 Some literary forms..tend to be metonymic..; other forms..are highly metaphorical. 1989 R. Alter Pleasures of Reading iii. 101 It is a strikingly compressed metaphor, the lantern personified or rather seen as a metonymic extension of the human hand that holds it up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1775
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