HyperDic: enallage

English > 1 sense of the word enallage:
NOUNcommunicationenallagea substitution / substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial 'we' for 'I')
English > enallage: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA substitution / substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial 'we' for 'I').
Broaderrhetorical deviceA use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Spanishenalage, enálage, enallage
Catalanenallage, enàl·lage

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