metonym
(ˈmɛtənɪm)
[ad. assumed Gr. *µετώνυµον: see metonymy and cf. paronym.]
A word used in a transferred sense.
In quot. 1837–8 misused (? misprinted) for metonymy.
| 1837–8 Sir W. Hamilton Logic xxxiii. (1860) II. 177 The term testimony, I may notice, is sometimes, by an abusive metonym employed for witness. 1862 Merivale Rom. Emp. liv. (1865) VI. 434 Tertullian and Lactantius explain this word as a metonym for Christ, signifying just or good. |