177 were donated in October
This month, we are on track to donate 178

antonomasia

Definition

antonomasia rate
(Noun) Figure of speech that consists in the avoidance of the statutory name of a place or person; conversely the use of a character's name to embody a certain characteristic.
Usage: 2) That guy is a real Scrooge.
1) One of the islands of Europe whose Northern 6 counties are not tied in with the European Union is termed the "Emerald "Isle". The 4 provinces, regardless of administrative statutes, are Ulster, Munster, Leinster & Connaught.


Link to this page:

Add or improve a definition

All definitions are approved by humans before publishing. Any promotional content will be deleted.
HTML tags are not allowed and will be encoded.
Use square brackets to link a word. For example, [abc] will render as abc. External links will be removed
home   recent additions   webmaster page   banners   feed a child