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enallage

enal·lage

UK/ɛˈnæləd͡ʒiː/ uncommon

noun

1.

a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we'' for `I'')

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἐναλλαγή (enallagḗ, “interchange, variation”).

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