enallage

Meaning

Noun

  • Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another.
  • The substitution of one grammatical form for another that violates a grammatical rule.

Related

Narrower meaning words

  • alleotheta, allotheta, alleosis;

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek ἐναλλαγή ("interchange, variation")

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