'Metalepsis' definitions:
Definition of 'metalepsis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
Definition of 'Metalepsis'
From: GCIDE
- Metalepsis \Met`a*lep"sis\, n.; pl. Metalepses. [L., fr. Gr. ? participation, alteration, fr. ? to partake, to take in exchange; ? beyond + ? to take.] (Rhet.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word. [1913 Webster]