metalepsis
Met`a*lep"sis, n.; pl. Metalepses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) Defn: The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.
Met`a*lep"sis, n.; pl. Metalepses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) Defn: The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.