HYPALLAGE


Meaning of HYPALLAGE in English

[ hʌɪ'palədʒi: , hɪ- ]

■ noun Rhetoric a transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition, e.g. in the sentence ‘ Melissa shook her doubtful curls ’.

Origin

C16: via late L. from Gk hupallagē , from hupo 'under' + allassein 'to exchange'.

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