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So neuerthelesse as it may be vnderstood, it is by the figure _metonymia_, or misnamer.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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So neuerthelesse as it may be vnderstood, it is by the figure metonymia, or misnamer.
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_antonomasia_, or the Surnamer, (not the misnamer, which might extend to any other thing aswell as to a person) as he that would say: not king
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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