HYPALLAGE


Meaning of HYPALLAGE in English

/hi pal"euh jee, huy-/ , n. Rhet.

the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, as in "her beauty's face" for "her face's beauty."

[ 1580-90; hypallagé interchange, equiv. to hyp- HYP- + allagé change ( all- ALL- + ag- (s. of ágein to lead; see -AGOGUE) + -e n. suffix) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .