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metaphoreme

metaphoreme noun: a non-literal expression with a relatively fixed lexicogrammatical form and specific semantics and pragmatics, associated with metaphoric language.

Noun

metaphoreme (plural metaphoremes)

  1. A non-literal expression with a relatively fixed lexicogrammatical form and specific semantics and pragmatics, associated with metaphoric language.

Forms of metaphoreme

pluralmetaphoremes

Origin of metaphoreme

From metaphor + -eme.

Questions about metaphoreme

What does metaphoreme mean?
Metaphoreme means a non-literal expression with a relatively fixed lexicogrammatical form and specific semantics and pragmatics, associated with metaphoric language.
What part of speech is metaphoreme?
Metaphoreme is a noun.
What is the plural of metaphoreme?
The plural of metaphoreme is metaphoremes.

Words near metaphoreme in the dictionary

  1. metaphonology
  2. metaphony
  3. metaphor
  4. metaphore
  5. metaphored
  6. metaphoreme
  7. metaphoremes
  8. metaphoric
  9. metaphorical
  10. metaphoricality
  11. metaphorically

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