‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to name instead; &unr_; + &unr_; to name, &unr_; name. ] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to form a word by a slight change; para` beside + &unr_; to name, fr. 'o`noma a name. ] (Rhet.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;. See Phlegm. ] (Med.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Phlegmasia dolens ety>[ NL. ], milk leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. shmasi`a signification + -logy. ] (Philol.) The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words; -- more commonly referred to as semantics. -- Se*ma`si*o*log"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]