anthimeria

== English == === Alternative forms === antimeria === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin antimeria, from Latin anti- (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ- (ăntĭ-, “opposite”)) + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + Latin -ia, with non-etymological ⟨h⟩. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ænθɪˈmɪəɹiə/ === Noun === anthimeria (usually uncountable, plural anthimerias) (rhetoric) The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another, in English typically the use of a noun as if it were a verb. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== conversion, zero derivation (linguistics) === References === Corbett, Edward P. J., Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971 === Further reading === anthimeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia