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Hypallage Definition & Meaning

hypallage
noun
  1. reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')

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What does hypallage mean?
reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')
What part of speech is hypallage?
Hypallage is a noun.

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