hypallage
/hʌɪˈpalədʒiː
/ /hɪˈpalədʒiː/noun Rhetoric
A transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition, for example in the sentence ‘Melissa shook her doubtful curls’.Hyphens and adverbs partake of this concatenation of the style that ends up creating hypallages....
- Just as in Debussy's Preludes, these epigraphs are also metaphors, hypallages and paradigms that can be interpreted ad libitum.
- It is easier to give examples than to explain hypallage.
Origin
Late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek hupallagē, from hupo 'under' + allassein 'to exchange'.
Rhymes
- mold oil
- Moldova
- Moldovan
- mold room
- mold-runner
- mold work
- moldy
- moldy fig
- mole
- mole bean
- mole-catcher
- mole crab
- mole cricket
- molectronics
- molecula
- molecular
- molecular beam
- molecular beam epitaxy
- molecular biological
- molecular biologist
- molecular biology
- molecular clock
- molecular electronics
- molecular formula
- molecular fossil