diallage

Figure Name diallage
Source De Mille (1882)
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Definition

1. 89. DIALLAGE.
Diallage is the union of words partly of similar, and party of different signification. (De Mille)

Example

1. If the following sentences be written out separately, in parallel order, their nature will be more clearly apparent:
"I have found them and shared their fellowship among the daring, the ardent, the indomitably active French.
I have found them among the persevering, resolute, and industrious Swiss.
I have found them among the laborious, the warm-hearted, the enthusiastic Germans." -BROUGHAM. (De Mille)

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