Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In grammar, a form of enallage in which one part of speech is substituted for another.
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- noun rhetoric The use of one word class as if it were a member of another, thus altering its meaning.
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Examples
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Of the eleven grammatical figures, Ireland delights chiefly in the antimeria, or changing one part of speech for another, and in the ellipsis or defect.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808
trouble commented on the word antimeria
The most common example of this I've seen is "verbing" nouns. I cannot be the only person to think this is funny.
April 23, 2012