hypallage
nounUK /hɪˈpælədʒi/
Etymology From Latin hypallagē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, “hypo-”) + ἀλλάσσειν (allássein, “to exchange”).
1
Rhetoric 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.
2
Rhetoric A phrase in which this occurs.
- Synonyms
- transferred epithet
- Related terms
- enallage