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Definition of Metonymical
1. Adjective. Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. "To say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
Similar to: Figurative, Nonliteral
Derivative terms: Metonym, Metonym, Metonymy
Definition of Metonymical
1. Adjective. of, or relating to metonymy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metonymical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metonymical
Literary usage of Metonymical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Questions of Good English, Examined in Controversies with Dr by Ralph Olmsted Williams, Fitzedward Hall (1897)
"That metonymical phrases should give rise to other phrases similar in form but
not metonymical in sense is not especially remarkable. ..."
2. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"I observ is a metonymical form of expression, which is comn in the Scripture in
reference to sacraments. For i sense is it possible to understand such ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... to or of the nature of metonymy ; used by way of metonymy.
metonymical (met^ö-nim'i-kal), «. ... and metonymical kind of speech, are called
meanders. ..."
4. Tracts for the Times. by John Henry Newman, John Keble, William Palmer, Richard Hurrell Froude, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Isaac Williams, University of Oxford (1840)
"ALTAR here, in the metonymical sense, for the altar-offering, as the Latin
translation and ours take " temple'' (1 Cor. ix. 13.) for the holy provision of ..."
5. Tracts Relating to the Reformation by Jean Calvin, Théodore de Bèze, Henry Beveridge (1849)
"We acknowledge then, that in the Supper we eat the same body which was crucified,
although the expression in regard to the bread is metonymical, so that it ..."
6. The Moral Law: Or, The Theory and Practice of Duty; an Ethical Text-book by Edward John Hamilton (1902)
"This language is metonymical and does not express a true necessity. It refers to
the necessary voluntary action of the perfectly discreet or perfectly ..."
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