Enallage Definition

noun
(uncountable, rhetoric) Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another.
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(uncountable, rhetoric) The substitution of one grammatical form for another that violates a grammatical rule.

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(rhetoric, countable) An application of enallage.
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Other Word Forms of Enallage

Noun

Singular:
enallage
Plural:
enallages

Origin of Enallage

  • From Ancient Greek ἐναλλαγή (enallage, “interchange, variation”)

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