单词 | metalepsis |
释义 | metalepsis[ met-uh-lep-sis ] / ˌmɛt əˈlɛp sɪs / noun, plural met·a·lep·ses [met-uh-lep-seez]. /ˌmɛt əˈlɛp siz/. Rhetoric.the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively. Origin of metalepsis1580–90; <Latin <Greek metálēpsis, equivalent to meta-meta- + lēp-, variant stem of lambánein to take + -sis-sis OTHER WORDS FROM metalepsismet·a·lep·tic, met·a·lep·ti·cal, adjectivemet·a·lep·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby metalepsismetaherpetic keratitis, metal, metalanguage, metalcrafting, metal detector, metalepsis, metal-free phthalocyanine, metal fume fever, metalhead, metalinguistic, metalinguistics Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for metalepsis
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