DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
metalepsis
/,mɛt'əlɛpsɪs/ · mɛtəlɛpsɪs
Metalepsis has 4 syllables: met · a · lep · sis.
met
01
a
02
lep
03
sis
04
noun. Substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another.
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