metonymic

Meanings

Adjective

  • Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object

Noun

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek μετωνυμικός, from μετωνυμία, from μετά + ὄνυμα.

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