Definition of Hypallage

1. Noun. Reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in 'her beauty's face').

Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device

Definition of Hypallage

1. n. A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to others. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds.

Definition of Hypallage

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypallage

hyothyroid
Hyp
hyp
hyp-
hypabyssal
hypabyssally
hypacusia
hypacusis
hypaethral
hypalbuminaemia
hypalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgia
hypalgia
hypalgias
hypallage (current term)
hypallages
hypamnios
hypanakinesia
hypanthia
hypanthium
hypanthium
hypapophysis
Hypaque enema
hypaque swallow
hyparterial
hyparterial bronchi
hypate
hypates
Hypatia

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