metaphoreme

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What does metaphoreme mean?

A non-literal expression with a relatively fixed lexicogrammatical form and specific semantics and pragmatics, associated with metaphoric language.

Where does metaphoreme come from?

From metaphor + -eme.

How to pronounce metaphoreme

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