metonymn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtənɪm/, U.S.

/ˈmɛd̩nɪm/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– metonym, 1800s metonyme.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metonymy n.; meta- prefix, -onym comb. form.

Etymology: In sense 1 apparently shortened < metonymy n. In sense 2 probably independently < meta- prefix + -onym comb. form, after metonymy n. Compare Hellenistic Greek μετώνυμος connected with a change of name (use as a noun is apparently not attested in Greek).

†1. Chiefly Rhetoric. = metonymy n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metonymy

metonymy1553

transmutation1553

transnomination1561

cross-naming1589

misnamer1589

metonym1622

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. ii. i. 110 By the Figure Metonym the Olla is taken for that which is boyled in it.

1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 28 Translate any one of these sayings out of the artful metonyme which envelops it, and the trick is apparent.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxxiii. 177 The term testimony, I may notice, is sometimes, by an abusive metonym, employed for witness.

2. A word used metonymically.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metonymy > instance of

metonym1858

1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. liv. 263 Tertullian and Lactantius explain this word as a metonym for Christ, signifying just or good.

1955 Amer. Speech 30 89 The metonym weekender for an occasional user of drugs.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 933/3 ‘Words’ as units of meaning (or as a metonym for ‘language’).

1992 D. Gabrovs̆ek in C. Blank Lang. & Civilization I. 66 Washington is the metonym for the U.S. government, its chief personnel and its policies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metonym
释义	metonymn. Brit. /ˈmɛtənɪm/, U.S. /ˈmɛd̩nɪm/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– metonym, 1800s metonyme. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metonymy n.; meta- prefix, -onym comb. form. Etymology: In sense 1 apparently shortened < metonymy n. In sense 2 probably independently < meta- prefix + -onym comb. form, after metonymy n. Compare Hellenistic Greek μετώνυμος connected with a change of name (use as a noun is apparently not attested in Greek). †1. Chiefly Rhetoric. = metonymy n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metonymy metonymy1553 transmutation1553 transnomination1561 cross-naming1589 misnamer1589 metonym1622 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. ii. i. 110 By the Figure Metonym the Olla is taken for that which is boyled in it. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 28 Translate any one of these sayings out of the artful metonyme which envelops it, and the trick is apparent. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxxiii. 177 The term testimony, I may notice, is sometimes, by an abusive metonym, employed for witness. 2. A word used metonymically. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metonymy > instance of metonym1858 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. liv. 263 Tertullian and Lactantius explain this word as a metonym for Christ, signifying just or good. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 89 The metonym weekender for an occasional user of drugs. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 933/3 ‘Words’ as units of meaning (or as a metonym for ‘language’). 1992 D. Gabrovs̆ek in C. Blank Lang. & Civilization I. 66 Washington is the metonym for the U.S. government, its chief personnel and its policies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1622
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