Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In grammar, the use of one case for another.
Wiktionary
- n. grammar, rhetoric Substitution of one grammatical case for another.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Gram.) The putting of one case for another.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ἀντίπτωσις. (Wiktionary)
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Rhetorical Devices
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rememberers
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stuttermonkey's Words
disremember, suboptimal, windowsill, pickle, package, hagiography, historiography, petitio principii, ampersand, perseveration, peloton, cruft and 25 more...
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