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metalepses

metalepses is the plural of metalepsis.

Meaning of metalepsis

Noun

metalepsis (countable and uncountable, plural metalepses)

  1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.
    Synonyms:
    transumption

Questions about metalepses

What is metalepses the plural of?
Metalepses is the plural of metalepsis.

Words near metalepses in the dictionary

  1. metaleg
  2. metalegal
  3. metalegs
  4. metalens
  5. metalenses
  6. metalepses
  7. metalepsis
  8. metalepsy
  9. metaleptic
  10. metaleptical
  11. metaleptically

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