HYPALLAGE


Meaning of HYPALLAGE in English

hiˈpalə(ˌ)jē, hīˈ- noun

( -s )

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek hypallagē, literally, interchange, from hypallassein to interchange, from hypo- + allassein to change (from allos other) — more at else

: interchange in syntactic relationship between two terms (as in “you are lost to joy” for “joy is lost to you”)

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