enallage

E1N1A1L1L1A1G2E1
/ɛˈnæləd͡ʒiː/

noun

Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounenallage (countable and uncountable, plural enallages)

plural enallages · alternative enallagy

  1. countablerhetoricuncountableTransformation from one grammatically correct form to another.
  2. countablerhetoricuncountableThe substitution of one grammatical form for another that violates a grammatical rule.

    And when all men shall have adopted this enallage, the fault indeed will be banished, or metamorphosed, but with it will go an other sixth part of every English conjugation.

    1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars

Synonyms & antonyms

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alleothetaallothetaalleosis

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐναλλαγή“interchange, variation”
  2. Englishenallage

From Ancient Greek ἐναλλαγή (enallagḗ, “interchange, variation”).

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Cite this entry
APA

enallage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enallage

MLA

“enallage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enallage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enallage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enallage.

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