me-ism

Figure Name me-ism
Source Macbeth (1876)
Earliest Source
Synonyms
Etymology
Type Scheme
Linguistic Domain Lexicographic
Semantic
Definition

1. Happy linguistic effects may be produced by that special form of pleonasm which supplies "me" to verbs usually not followed by "me," as in Sir John Falstaff's encomium on sack:
"A good sherris sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish, dull, crudy vapors which environ it; and then the vital commoners muster me all to their captain the heart." (Macbeth)

Example

1. Lear, act ii., scene iv., Lear's 29th speech, lines 6-9. (Macbeth)

Kind Of Similarity
Part Of pleonasm
Related Figures pleonasm, figures of syntax
Notes
Confidence Unconfident
Last Editor Samantha Price
Confidence Unconfident
Editorial Notes
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