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synecdochical |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Synecdochical \Syn`ec*doch"ic*al\, a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another. --Drayton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: synecdochical adj : using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech" [syn: {synecdochic}]
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