| Figure Name | dialect |
| Source | Macbeth (1876) |
| Earliest Source | |
| Synonyms | |
| Etymology | [a. F. dialecte (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), or ad. L. dialectus, Gr. {delta}{iota}{gaacu}{lambda}{epsilon}{kappa}{tau}{omicron}{fsigma} discourse, conversation, way of speaking, language of a country or district, f. {delta}{iota}{alpha}{lambda}{geacu}{gamma}{epsilon}{sigma}{theta}{alpha}{iota} to discourse, converse, f. {delta}{iota}{alpha}- through, across + {lambda}{geacu}{gamma}{epsilon}{iota}{nu} to speak.] (OED) |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Orthographic Phonological |
| Definition |
1. Dialect, when presented for the mere sake of letting it be known what the dialect may be, is, of course, no figure; but it is a figure when used for rhetorical ends, as when William Barnes gives us the Dorset Dialect, very sweetly. (Macbeth) |
| Example |
1. We include not the Scottish, which deserves a high and separate place as our classical Doric: "Of all the housen o' the pliace |
| Kind Of | Omission |
| Part Of | metaplasm |
| Related Figures | figures of etymology |
| Notes | |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Samantha Price |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |