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Hypallage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Hypallage has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')

2

A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as a literary device.

See Also
literary device
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rhetorical device
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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