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hypallage

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/haɪˈpæləˌdʒiː/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hi pal′ə jē, hī-)

hy•pal•la•ge (hi pal′ə jē, hī-),USA pronunciation n. [Rhet.]

Rhetoricthe reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, as in "her beauty's face'' for "her face's beauty.''

Greek hypallagé̄ interchange, equivalent. to hyp- hyp- + allagé̄ change (all- all- + ag- (stem of ágein to lead; see -agogue) + -ē noun, nominal suffix)
Latin
1580–90

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hypallage /haɪˈpæləˌdʒiː/ n

a figure of speech in which the natural relations of two words in a statement are interchanged, as in the fire spread the wind

Etymology: 16th Century: via Late Latin from Greek hupallagē interchange, from hypo- + allassein to exchange

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