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: |
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 | |
Reviewed | No |