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metonymical

metonymical adjective: synonym of metonymic, of or relating to metonymy.

Adjective

metonymical (comparative more metonymical, superlative most metonymical)

  1. Synonym of metonymic, of or relating to metonymy.
    • Meander is a Riuer in Lycia, a Prouince of Natolia, or Aſia minor famous for the ſinuoſitie and often turning thereof, riſing from certaine hills in Meonia, hereupon are intricate turnings by a tranſumptive and metonimicall kind of ſpeech, called Meanders, for this Riuer did ſo ſtrangely path it...1597, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “The Epistle of Rosamond to King Henry the Second. Notes of the Chronicle Historie”, in Englands Heroicall Epistles, London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for...
    Synonyms:
    metonymic, of or relating to metonymy

Synonyms of metonymical

Forms of metonymical

comparativemore metonymical
superlativemost metonymical

Origin of metonymical

From metonym + -ical.

Words formed from metonymical

Questions about metonymical

What does metonymical mean?
Metonymical means synonym of metonymic, of or relating to metonymy.
What part of speech is metonymical?
Metonymical is an adjective.

Words near metonymical in the dictionary

  1. Metonic cycles
  2. metonitazene
  3. metonomy
  4. metonym
  5. metonymic
  6. metonymical
  7. metonymically
  8. metonymics
  9. metonymies
  10. metonymize
  11. metonymized

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