metalepsis

Senso (Inglese)

A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.

sinonimi

substitution

Traduzioni

métalepse

metalepsi

Metalepse

metalepsis

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).