HyperDic: hypallage

English > 1 sense of the word hypallage:
NOUNcommunicationhypallagereversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in 'her beauty's face / face')
English > hypallage: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningreversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in 'her beauty's face / face').
Broaderrhetorical deviceA use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Spanishhipálage
Catalanhipálage, hipàl·lage

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