metalepsis

[met-uh-lep-sis]

noun, plural met·a·lep·ses

[-seez] . Rhetoric.

the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin < Greek metálēpsis, equivalent to meta- meta- + lēp-, variant stem of lambánein to take + -sis -sis

Related forms

met·a·lep·tic, met·a·lep·ti·cal, adjective

met·a·lep·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Metalepsis is always a great word to know.

So is zedonk. Does it mean:

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

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metalepsis
noun
substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

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