Noun
(plural hypallages)
- (rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as literary device.
Origin
From Latin hypallage, from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagē), from ὑπό (hupo, “hypo-”) + ἀλλάσσειν (allassein, “to exchange”).
