What does "metalepsis" mean?
Metalepsis: The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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