Synecdoche
Feb. 17th, 2002 12:01 amSynecdoche is from the Greek: syn-, meaning "together", and -ekdoche, meaning "sense or interpretation".
I think people should use this word more in everyday speech. That is, I wonder when it fell out of circulation and got retired to the list of poetic terms.
I think people should use this word more in everyday speech. That is, I wonder when it fell out of circulation and got retired to the list of poetic terms.