Metalepsis Definition & Meaning
metalepsis
- noun
- substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
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- What does metalepsis mean?
- substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
- What part of speech is metalepsis?
- Metalepsis is a noun.