metalepsis

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin metalēpsis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”).

Noun

metalepsis (countable and uncountable, plural metalepses)

1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.

Synonyms

• transumption

Translations

strict sense

• French: métalepse (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: metalēpsis f

See also

• metalepsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• timelapses