Middle English Dictionary Entry
metaplasmus n.
Entry Info
Forms | metaplasmus n. |
Etymology | L, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. Metaplasm.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.183 : Seynte Aldelme returnyde to Briteyne..makenge mony noble bookes..of the rewles of feete metricalle, of metaplasmus [Trev.: de mathaplasmo], of dialog metricalle.