Associations to the word «Metalepsis»

Wiktionary

METALEPSIS, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

METALEPSIS, noun. Substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another.

Wise words

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe