METALEPSIS

Meaning of METALEPSIS in English

noun the continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

METALEPSIS — ˌmed. ə lˈepsə̇s noun ( plural metalep·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: Latin, from Greek metalēpsis, literally, alteration, participation, from metalambanein to exchange, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METALEPSIS — (n.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or …
Английский словарь Webster
METALEPSIS — ( n. ) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
METALEPSIS — — metaleptic, metaleptical , adj. — metaleptically , adv. /met'euh lep"sis/ , n. , pl. metalepses /-seez/ . Rhet. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
METALEPTIC — |med. ə l|eptik adjective also meta·lep·ti·cal -tə̇kəl Etymology: Greek metalēptikos, from (assumed) metalēptos (verbal of metalambanein to have a share …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METALEPTIC — (a.) Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.
Английский словарь Webster
METALEPSES — (pl. ) of Metalepsis
Английский словарь Webster
METALEPTIC — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
METALEPSES — ( pl. ) of Metalepsis
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
METALEPTIC — adj of or pertaining to a metalepsis. 2. metaleptic ·adj transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle. 3. metaleptic …
Webster English vocab
METALEPSES — pl of metalepsis.
Webster English vocab

Webster English vocab

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