Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MET-O-NYM'IC, or MET-O-NYM'IC-AL
ME-TON'IC-CY-CLE, or ME-TON'IC-YEARMET-O-NYM'IC-AL-LY
MET-O-NYM'IC, or MET-O-NYM'IC-AL, a. [See Metonymy.]
Used by way of metonymy, by putting one word for another.
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