Hypallage
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /hɪˈpælədʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hypallage is a noun meaning (countable, rhetoric) A phrase in which this occurs.
Meaning
(countable, rhetoric) A phrase in which this occurs.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two.
Word Forms
- hypallages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypostrophe, periphrasis, ampliatio, palilogy, hypophora, anthimeria.
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