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Showing words for METALEPSIS using the English dictionary
10 Letter Words for Metalepsis
metalepsis
9 Letter Words for Metalepsis
measliest, metalises, misplease, petalisms, semipaste
8 Letter Words for Metalepsis
aleiptes, ampelite, astelies, epilates, epistles, epitases, estampie, impastes, implates, impletes, mateless, mealiest, meatless, metalise, palmiest, palmiets, palmiste, palmists, palsiest, pastimes, pessimal, petalism, pimelate, psalmist, salesite, seamiest, semilate, semplest, septemia, septimal, septimes, simplest, sitemaps, spatlese, steamies, stempels, stemples, tameless, tapeless, teamless, timeless
7 Letter Words for Metalepsis
aimless, alemite, aliptes, alpiste, altesse, amesite, amplest, aplites, asteism, easiest, elamite, elapses, elmiest, empales, empties, epilate, epistle, epitela, espials, impales, impasse, impaste, implate, implete, lampist, lapises, lepisma, limpest, limpets, lipases, listees, maltese, matisse, matless, mealies, measles, melissa, mesails, mesetas, metepas, metisse, misease, miseats, mislest, misseat, misstep, mistles, paliest, palisse, palmies, palmiet, palmist, palmite, palsies, pastels, pasties, pastile, pastils, pastime, patsies, pelisse, pelites, pelmets, pesetas, pessima, pestles, petsais, pieless, pileate, pitless, pleases, psaltes, salties, samiels, samiest, samites, samlets, samples, sapeles, seamlet, seamset, seismal, semaise, semiape, semital, semites, semples, septile, septime, siamese, simples, sitemap, smilets, spitals, stampee, stample, staples, steales, steamie, stempel, stemple, stipels, taissle, talipes, tamises, tapises, tealess, teasels, telesia, telesis, telesms, temples, tieless, tipless
6 Letter Words for Metalepsis
aisles, alpist, amelet, amises, apelet, apisms, aplite, asleep, asmile, asteep, ateles, easels, easies, easles, eassel, eassil, eisels, elaeis, elapse, elates, elemis, elites, eltime, emails, emesis, emetia, empale, empest, esiles, espial, espies, estamp, etapes, impale, impels, impest, islets, istles, laesie, laisse, lamest, lapies, lapses, lasset, lassie, leases, leasts, leepit, limpas, limpet, lipase, listee, mailes, maises, maists, malist, maples, massel, maties, mealie, meases, measle, mesail, mesela, mesels, meseta, mesial, mespil, messet, metals, metepa, milpas, misate, miseat, missal, missee, missel, misset, mistal, mistle, palest, palets, palmie, passee, passel, passim, pastel, pastes, pastie, pastil, pastis, patesi, patise, pelias, pelite, pelmas, pelmet, peltae, peltas, peseta, pestis, pestle, petals, petsai, pielet, pietas, pilate, pistes, pistle, plaits, plasms, plaste, plates, platie, please, pleats, plisse, psalis, psalms, saleps, salets, salite, salmis, saltee, saltie, samiel, samite, samlet, sampis, sample, sapele, sealet, seames, seimas, semeia, semies, semita, semite, semple, sepals, sepiae, sepias, septal, sesame, seseli, sestia, siesta, simple, sistle, slates, sleeps, sleest, sleets, sliest, slimes, slipes, smalti, smalts, smelts, smiles, smilet, smites, spails, spaits, spales, spalts, spates, speals, speats, speels, speils, speise, spials, spiels, spiles, spital, spites, splats, spleet, splite, splits, stales, stamps, stapes, staple, steale, steals, steams, steels, steems, steeps, steils, stelai, stelas, steles, stelis, stemes, stiles, stimes, stipas, stipel, stipes, tamise, tapism, tassel, tassie, teaism, teasel, teases, teasle, telesm, tempes, temple, temses, tepals, teslas, tessel, tmeses, tmesis
5 Letter Words for Metalepsis
aisle, aliet, alisp, alist, alite, almes, amess, amies, amiss, amlet, ample, amsel, apism, apses, apsis, aspis, asset, astel, atees, atlee, eales, easel, eases, easle, easts, eemis, eisel, elamp, elaps, elate, elemi, elite, elses, email, emile, emits, epist, esile, etape, etiam, impel, islam, isles, islet, ismal, istle, items, laeti, lames, lamps, lapis, lapse, lapsi, lases, lassi, lasts, leams, leaps, leapt, lease, least, leats, leeps, leets, leiss, lemes, lepas, lepta, leses, leste, lests, liest, limas, limes, limpa, limps, lipse, lisps, lists, litas, lites, maile, mails, maise, maist, malee, males, malie, malis, malts, maple, mases, masse, masts, mates, matie, matis, meals, mease, meats, meets, meile, melas, meles, melia, melis, melts, mesal, mesas, mesel, meses, messe, metae, metal, metas, metel, metes, metis, miles, milpa, milts, mises, missa, mists, mites, pails, paise, pales, palet, palis, palms, pases, pasis, passe, paste, pasts, patee, patel, pates, peals, peats, peels, pelas, peles, pelma, pelta, pelts, peste, pests, petal, petas, piest, pieta, piets, pilea, piles, pimas, piste, pitas, plait, plasm, plass, plast, plate, plats, pleas, pleat, pleis, plias, plies, plims, pliss, psalm, sails, saims, saist, salem, salep, sales, salet, salmi, salps, salse, salts, samel, sames, sampi, samps, sapit, saple, satem, sates, satis, seals, seame, seams, sease, seats, seels, seems, seeps, seils, seise, seism, seles, selma, semel, semes, semie, semis, sepal, sepia, septa, septs, sesma, sesti, setae, setal, sials, siest, silas, siles, silts, simal, simas, simps, sipes, sisal, sites, slaes, slait, slamp, slams, slape, slaps, slate, slats, sleep, sleet, slept, slete, slime, slims, slipe, slips, slipt, slite, slits, smalt, smees, smelt, smile, smite, smits, spaes, spail, spait, spale, spalt, spams, spasm, spate, spats, speal, speat, speel, speil, spete, spets, spial, spiel, spies, spile, spise, spite, spits, splat, splet, split, stail, stale, stamp, staps, steal, steam, steel, steem, steep, steil, stela, stele, stema, steme, stems, steps, sties, stile, stime, stipa, stipe, tails, taise, tales, talis, tames, tamil, tamis, tamps, tapes, tapis, tasse, teals, teams, tease, teels, teems, teils, teise, teles, telia, temes, tempe, temps, temse, tepal, tepas, tesla, tiles, times, timps, tiple
4 Letter Words for Metalepsis
aiel, aile, ails, aims, aits, alee, alem, alep, ales, alme, alms, alps, alts, amel, amie, amil, amis, amit, amli, amps, apes, apis, apse, apts, asem, asps, asse, assi, asst, ates, atip, atis, atle, atli, eale, ease, east, eats, eels, eila, elem, elms, else, elts, emes, emit, empt, epil, epit, eses, esse, ests, etas, ilea, imps, ipse, isle, isls, isms, ital, itas, itel, item, laet, lait, lame, lamp, lams, laps, lase, lass, last, late, lati, lats, leam, leap, leas, leat, leep, lees, leet, leis, leme, lepa, leps, lese, less, lest, lete, lets, lias, lies, lima, lime, limp, lipa, lipe, lips, lisp, liss, list, lite, lits, maes, mail, male, mali, mals, malt, maps, mase, mass, mast, mate, mats, meal, meas, meat, meet, mela, mele, mels, melt, mesa, mese, mess, mest, meta, mete, mets, miae, mias, mila, mile, mils, milt, mips, miss, mist, mite, pail, pais, pale, pali, palm, pals, palt, pams, pase, pasi, pass, past, pate, pats, peai, peal, peas, peat, peel, pees, pela, pele, pelt, pesa, pess, pest, peta, pete, pets, pial, pias, pies, piet, pila, pile, pilm, pima, pisa, pise, piss, pist, pita, pits, plat, plea, plia, plie, plim, psia, psis, psst, psts, sail, saim, saip, sais, sale, salp, sals, salt, same, sami, samp, saps, sate, sati, seal, seam, seas, seat, seel, seem, seep, sees, seil, seis, seit, sele, sels, selt, seme, semi, seps, sept, sese, seta, sets, sial, siam, sila, sile, silt, sima, sime, simp, sims, sipe, sips, sise, sist, sita, site, sits, slam, slap, slat, slee, slim, slip, slit, smee, spae, spam, spas, spat, spet, spie, spit, stam, stap, stem, step, stie, stim, tael, tail, tais, tale, tali, tame, tamp, tams, tape, taps, tass, teal, team, teap, teas, teel, teem, tees, teil, tela, tele, teli, tels, teme, temp, tems, tepa, tepe, ties, tile, tils, time, tipe, tips, tsia
3 Letter Words for Metalepsis
aes, ail, aim, ais, ait, ale, alp, als, alt, ame, ami, amp, amt, ape, apl, apt, ase, asl, asp, ass, ast, ate, atm, atp, eam, eas, eat, eel, ela, eli, elm, els, elt, eme, emp, ems, epa, epi, ese, esm, esp, ess, est, eta, ile, imp, ipl, ipm, ips, ise, isl, ism, ist, ita, its, lai, lam, lap, las, lat, lea, lee, lei, lem, lep, les, let, lie, lim, lip, lis, lit, lpm, lst, ltm, mae, mal, map, mas, mat, mea, mee, mei, mel, mes, met, mia, mil, mis, mit, mls, msl, mss, mst, mts, pal, pam, pas, pat, pea, pee, pel, pes, pet, pia, pie, pil, pis, pit, pli, pms, pmt, psi, pst, pta, pte, pts, sai, sal, sam, sap, sat, sea, see, sei, sel, sem, sep, set, sie, sil, sim, sip, sis, sit, sla, sle, slt, sma, sml, spa, spl, sps, spt, sse, ssp, sta, stm, tai, tal, tam, tap, tas, tea, tee, tel, tem, tes, tie, til, tim, tip, tis, tpi, tpm, tps, tsi, tsp, tss
Definitions for Metalepsis
[1] the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
Words nearby Metalepsis
metal wood, metal-free phthalocyanine, metal., metalanguage, metalcrafting, metalepsis, metalhead, metalinguistic, metalinguistics, metalist, metalize
Origin of Metalepsis
1580–90; < Latin < Greek metálēpsis, equivalent to meta- meta- + lēp-, variant stem of lambánein to take + -sis -sis
Other words from Metalepsis
met·a·lep·tic , met·a·lep·ti·cal , adjective
met·a·lep·ti·cal·ly , adverb