Metalepsis Definition

noun

(rhetoric) The metonymical substitution of one word by another which is itself a metonym.

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(rhetoric) The result of a series of metaphors.

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(rhetoric) The unexpressed serial application of tropes of substitution.

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Other Word Forms of Metalepsis

Noun

Singular:
metalepsis
Plural:
metalepses

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Words Starting With

MMEMET

Words Ending With

SISSIS

Unscrambles

metalepsis

Words Starting With M and Ending With S

Starts With M & Ends With SStarts With ME & Ends With SStarts With M & Ends With IS

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With M10 Letter Words Ending With S