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metonymical, a. Rhet.|mɛtəʊˈnɪmɪkəl|
Also 6–7 metonimical(l.
[(f. Gr. µετωνυµικ-ός, f. µετωνυµία metonymy: see -ical.]
Pertaining to or involving metonymy. Of words: Used in a transferred sense.
1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 210 The whole speache being figuratiue, both allegoricall, and metonymicall. 1610J. Dove Advt. Seminaries 9 The meaning of Saint Chrysostome is metonimicall, and not proper. 1674Owen Holy Spirit Wks. 1852 III. 115 This expression is metonymical, that being spoken of the cause which is proper to the effect. 1711Hickes Two Treat. Chr. Priesth. (1847) II. 71 Learned men have taken altar here in the metonymical sense for the altar-offering. 1811A. McLean Comm. Hebr. vi. (1847) I. 245 The apostle continues the metonymical use of the word hope, by which it is put for the object or ground of it. |