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hypallage

/haɪˈpæl.ə.dʒi/

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noun

/haɪˈpæl.ə.dʒi/C2formalart
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее фигуру речи, при которой синтаксическая связь между двумя словами меняется местами, например, во фразе «лицо её красоты» вместо «красота её лица».

A noun referring to a figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two words is reversed, such as in the phrase 'her beauty's face' instead of 'her face's beauty'.

  1. Rhetorical figureC2formal

    A figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two words is reversed, often transferring an epithet from a more appropriate noun to another, as in 'her beauty's face' instead of 'her face's beauty'.

    ruГипаллага

    • The poet used hypallage in the line 'the restless night' to describe a person's insomnia.
    • In 'the condemned cell', hypallage transfers the judgment from the prisoner to the cell.
    • Classical literature often employs hypallage for stylistic effect, such as 'the happy morning'.
Forms
  • hypallages plural form
  • hypallages' possessive plural form
  • hypallage's possessive singular form