Meaning of metalepsis in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌmɛtəˈlɛpsɪs/

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  1. Noun

    metalepsis

    Etymology

    mid 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Sherry (b. c1505), schoolmaster and author. From post-classical Latin metalepsis, variant of classical Latin metalēmpsis (1st cent. a.d. in Quintilian) from ancient Greek μετάληψις alternation, succession (in Hellenistic Greek as a rhetorical term) from μετα- + -ληψις, after μεταλαμβάνειν to substitute

    Definitions

    1. substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

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