Antiphrase
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antiphrase is a noun meaning A word or phrase used in a sense that is different to its literal or usual meaning.
Meaning
A word or phrase used in a sense that is different to its literal or usual meaning.
Example Sentences
[T]he first man came right up to me and held out his hand in the European manner of greeting, save only that it was the left hand instead of the right, and in an English the most mutilated and full of antiphrases I had ever heard said that he was my friend[.]
Word Forms
- antiphrases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antipodes, periphrasis, aprosdoketon, paraphrasia, antiphony, periphrase.
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