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HYPALLAGE

\hˈa͡ɪpalɪd͡ʒ], \hˈa‍ɪpalɪd‍ʒ], \h_ˈaɪ_p_a_l_ɪ_dʒ]\

Definitions of HYPALLAGE

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An interchange: in rhetoric, a figure in which the relations of things in a sentence are mutually interchanged, but without obscuring the sense, as he covered his hat with his head, instead of he covered his head with his hat.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A figure by which words change their cases with each other.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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