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Webster 1913 Edition
Enallage
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E-nal′la-ge
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] an exchange, fr. [GREEK] to exchange; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] to change.]
(Gram.)
A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enallage
ENAL'LAGE
,Noun.
A figure, in grammar, by which some change is made in the common mode of speech, or when one word is substituted for another; as exercitus victor, for victoriousus; scelus, for scelestus.
Definition 2024
enallage
enallage
English
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He came, didn't he? for |
| Examples (grammatically incorrect substitution) |
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We was robbed for |
Alternative forms
- enallagy
Noun
enallage (plural enallages)
- (uncountable, rhetoric) Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another.
- (uncountable, rhetoric) The substitution of one grammatical form for another that violates a grammatical rule.
- (rhetoric, countable) An application of enallage.
Hyponyms
- alleotheta, allotheta, alleosis;
