rhetorical figure
noun
Any of the forms of expression which give beauty, variety, force, etc., to a composition in accordance with the theory and principles of rhetoric, as metaphor, metonym, hyperbole, etc.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Sanders (c1530–1581), religious controversialist.
- play games
- playgirl
- play God
- playgoer
- play-going
- playground
- playgroup
- play hard to get
- play havoc with
- play hell
- play hell (or merry hell)
- play hookey
- play house
- playhouse
- playhouse pay
- playick
- playing board
- playing card
- playing field
- playing hand
- playingly
- playing partner
- playing-place
- playing table
- playing trick