metalepsis

== English == === Etymology === From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). === Noun === metalepsis (countable and uncountable, plural metalepses) (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions. ==== Synonyms ==== transumption ==== Translations ==== === See also === metalepsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === timelapses