2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hypallage \Hy*pal"la*ge\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, prop., interchange, exchange, fr, ? to interchange; ? under + ? to change.] (Gram.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to others. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds. [1913 Webster] The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is much the gravest fault in language. --Landor. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hypallage n : reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')
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