Figure Name | anacoloutha |
Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm) |
Earliest Source | None |
Synonyms | |
Etymology | None |
Type | Trope |
Linguistic Domain |
Lexicographic |
Definition |
Substituting one word with another whose meaning is very close to the original, but in a non-reciprocal fashion; that is, one could not use the first, original word as a substitute for the second. This is the opposite of acoloutha. |
Example |
"When Diana lighteth Late her crystal lamp, Her pale glory kindleth |
Kind Of | Identity |
Part Of | |
Related Figures | acoloutha, figures of substitution, metaphor |
Notes | Acoloutha is the opposite of anacoloutha, a reciprocal metaphor. |
Confidence | Very Confident |
Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
Confidence | Very Confident |
Editorial Notes | acoloutha should be related figure (I added it). rm semantic and syntactic LD and added lexicographic. |
Reviewed | Yes |
Reviewer | Ashley Rose Kelly |