| hypallage | |
| hy-pal'-la-ge | Gk. "interchange" |
| Also sp. hipallage | |
| submutatio | |
| changeling |
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Shifting the application of words. Mixing the order of which words should correspond with which others. | |
| Also, sometimes, a synonym for metonymy (see Quintilian). | ||
| Examples | ||
| Come stay
with me and dine not.
Darksome wandering by the solitary night (instead of "Solitary wandering by the darksome night") —Angel Day In the following example, Bottom tries to recall
the dream he has had, misquoting scripture as he goes. Hypallage occurs
by misaligning sense organs with their proper sensations: |
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| See Also | ||
| Sources: | Quintilian 8.6.23 (as synonym for "metonymy"); Isidore 1.36.22; Day 1599 83; Putt. (1589) 182 ("hipallage," "the changeling") | |
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