Associations to the word «Enallage»

Wiktionary

ENALLAGE, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another.
ENALLAGE, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) The substitution of one grammatical form for another that violates a grammatical rule.
ENALLAGE, noun. (rhetoric) (countable) An application of enallage.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle