metaphoreme

English edit

Etymology edit

metaphor +‎ -eme

Noun edit

metaphoreme (plural metaphoremes)

(linguistics) A non-literal expression with a relatively fixed lexicogrammatical form and specific semantics and pragmatics, associated with metaphoric language.

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