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Main definitions of diallage in English

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diallage1

noun

rare Rhetoric

  • A figure of speech by which arguments, after having been considered from various points of view, are all brought to bear on one point.

Pronunciation

diallage

/dʌɪˈalədʒi/ /dʌɪˈaləɡi/

Origin

Early 18th century; earliest use found in Phillips's New World of Words. From post-classical Latin diallage, denoting a figure of speech from ancient Greek διαλλαγή interchange from διαλλαγ-, aorist stem of διαλλάσσειν to interchange from δια- + ἀλλάσσειν to change, exchange.

Main definitions of diallage in English

: diallage1diallage2

diallage2

Pronunciation /ˈdʌɪəlɪdʒ/

noun

(also dialage)
rare Mineralogy

  • Any of various mineral varieties (originally amphiboles and pyroxenes; in later use specifically clinopyroxenes, as diopside and augite) which display distinct pinacoidal lamination, often with other minerals between the plates.

Origin

Early 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Jameson (1774–1854), geologist and natural historian. From French diallage from ancient Greek διαλλαγή.