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Definition of Metalepsis

Metalepsis
Metalepsis Met`a*lep"sis, n.; pl. Metalepses. [L., fr. Gr. ? participation, alteration, fr. ? to partake, to take in exchange; ? beyond + ? to take.] (Rhet.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.

Meaning of Metalepsis from wikipedia

- — George Puttenham In a metalepsis, a word is substituted metonymically for a word in a previous trope, so that a metalepsis can be called, maddeningly...
- d.). "Eartheater – Metalepsis". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved June 23, 2023. Joyce, Colin (March 5, 2015). "Eartheater: Metalepsis Album Review". Albums...
- Retrieved February 26, 2016. "Eartheater: Metalepsis". Hausu Mountain. Retrieved May 22, 2020. "Eartheater: Metalepsis". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 26, 2016...
- of narrative boundaries is called metalepsis, an implicitly metafictional device when used in literature. Metalepsis has a high inherent potential to disrupt...
- Lutas, Liviu (2011). "Narrative Metalepsis in Detective Fiction". In ****konen, Karin; Klimek, Sonja (eds.). Metalepsis in Po****r Culture. Walter de Gruyter...
- figures of speech are common in everyday speech and writing. Synecdoche and metalepsis are considered specific types of metonymy. Polysemy, the capacity for...
- name Cerastis fishii (Grote, 1878) Synonyms Agrotis fishii Grote, 1878 Metalepsis fishii (Grote, 1878) Metalepsis heinrichi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1929)...
- meta-referential themselves. However, innately meta-referential devices (e.g. metalepsis) constitute a category of meta-references. While meta-reference as a concept...
- confused with metalepsis and metareference. These terms describe related features, as mise en abyme can be a springboard to metalepsis if there is a paradoxical...
- Matzner she co-edited Metalepsis: Ancient Texts, New Perspectives, published by Oxford University Press in 2020, relating to metalepsis in classical texts...