synecdochically
- Pronunciation:
- \sə-ˈnek-də-(ˌ)kē\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Latin, from Greek synekdochē, from syn- + ekdochē sense, interpretation, from ekdechesthai to receive, understand, from ex from + dechesthai to receive; akin to Greek dokein to seem good — more at ex-, decent
- Date:
- 15th century
: a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)
Also a fan of erinaceous.
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