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hypallage

/hɪˈpælədʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-pal-lage
IPA
/hɪˈpælədʒi/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two.

Uncountable

noun

A phrase in which this occurs.

Countable

Etymology

From Latin hypallagē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, “hypo-”) + ἀλλάσσειν (allássein, “to exchange”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hypallagē, ὑπαλλαγή

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /hɪˈpælədʒi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hypallages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

enallage

Synonyms

transferred epithet

Rhymes With

analogy enallage

Questions

How do you pronounce hypallage?
The recorded pronunciation is /hɪˈpælədʒi/.
What does hypallage mean?
The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two.
Where does hypallage come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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