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(mtn"m; 277), n.[L. metonymia, Gr. metwnymi°a; meta°, indicating change + 'o°nyma , for 'o°noma a name: cf. F. mtonymie. See Name.] (Rhet.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections. スポンサード リンク
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