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Oct 29, 2014
This week's themeRhetorical devices This week's words antimetabole zeugma synecdoche epanalepsis hendiadys “All words are pegs to hang ideas on.” ~Beecher Send some to friends & family A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargsynecdoche
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole or vice versa. Examples: "head count" to refer to the count of people or "the police" to refer to a police officer ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin synekdoche, from Greek synekdokhe, from syn- (together) +
ekdokhe (interpretation). Earliest documented use: 1397.
USAGE:
"Rome was the heart of Italy, a synecdoche for all that humanity had
wrought. Rome bore witness to the fate of republics and empires,
faiths and fortunes." Jane Kamensky; John Singleton Copley's Grand Tour; Smithsonian (Washington, DC); Apr 2014. See more usage examples of synecdoche in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, -- quieter, warmer. -Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel laureate (1905-1961)
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