adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of synecdochical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: synecdochical
Antonyms: none provided
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synecdochic
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Meaning 2
using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: synecdochical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English synecdoche Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English synecdochic From synecdoche + -ic.