Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another. Typically, and for example, the use of a noun as if it were a verb.
Examples
“I believe the practice of substituting one form of speech for another is called anthimeria.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs”
“msurman: @anthimeria @hecker 1997 or 2008 version of Young Team.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘anthimeria’.
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Rhetorical Devices
syllepsis, zeugma, trope, wellerism, anastrophe, anaphora, apostrophe, metonymy, chiasmus, antimetabole, syncope, open-list and 431 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Words about Words
words to describe language
invective, eloquent, laconic, solecism, calque, cognate, bombastic, verbose, anthimeria, magniloquent, amphigory, morpheme
seanahan The canonical example is "I'll unhair thy head", and I can't believe everybody doesn't have unhair favorited. Oct 8, 2007
sionnach In rhetoric, anthimeria (traditionally and more properly called antimeria) is the use of a word as if it were a member of a different word class (part of speech); typically, the use of a noun as if it were a verb. Oct 8, 2007