"metaphoreme" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: metaphoremes [plural]
Etymology: metaphor + -eme Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|metaphor|eme}} metaphor + -eme Head templates: {{en-noun}} metaphoreme (plural metaphoremes)
  1. (linguistics) A non-literal expression with a relatively fixed lexicogrammatical form and specific semantics and pragmatics, associated with metaphoric language. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-metaphoreme-en-noun-PQLAwxVz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -eme Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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