metalepsis

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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.

Hevwate

substitution

Werger

métalepse

metalepsi

Metalepse

metalepsis

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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